A Case of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection That Was Misdiagnosed as an Invasion of Wegener's Granulomatosis.
10.4078/jkra.2009.16.2.150
- Author:
Dong Cheon HA
1
;
Juneyoung YOON
;
Sung Won CHO
;
Jeong Ihm JEONG
;
Jin Yub KIM
;
Han Gwun KIM
;
Dae Woon EOM
;
Sung Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Interna Medicine1, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea. drkiss@korea.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Wegener's granulomatosis;
Nontuberculous mycobacteria infection
- MeSH:
Arterioles;
Back Pain;
Biopsy;
Granuloma;
Humans;
Male;
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria;
Prostate;
Rare Diseases;
Scrotum;
Spine;
Stress, Psychological;
Vasculitis;
Venules;
Wegener Granulomatosis
- From:The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
2009;16(2):150-155
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Wegener's granulomatosis is a rare disease that pathologically causes necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis in the arterioles and venules and it can invade the whole body. In addition, it is difficult to distinguish between a nontuberculous mycobacteria infection that shows manifestations of granuloma and Wegener's granulomatosis. There has been no reported on a patient who had the 2 abovementioned two diseases at the same time. A 69 year old male patient had Wegener's granulomatosis that had invaded the prostate. He also had a scrotal swelling and back pain. He had manifestations of granulomatous infection on the scrotum and spine biopsies. However, there was no clinical evidence of Wegener's granulomatosis. As a result, we examined him for other diseases that can cause a granuloma. Consequently, he was also diagnosed as suffering with a nontuberculous mycobacteria infection. We report here on this case and we review the relevant medical literature.
