A Case Report and Literature Review of Pulmonary Wegener' Granulomatosis.

Author: Dian REN ¹ ; Xin LI ¹ ; Minghui LIU ¹ ; Jinghao LIU ¹ ; Gang CHEN ¹ ; Chunqiu XIA ¹ ; Chaoyi JIA ¹ ; Jun CHEN ¹
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1. Department Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Autoimmune disease; Case report; Lung neoplasms; Percutaneous lung biopsy; Wegener’ granulomatosis
MeSH: Female; Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis/drug therapy*; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Middle Aged; Pneumonia
From: Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer 2021;24(12):881-884
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Wegener' granulomatosis is an autoimmune diseases, often involving the lung and kidney, has a high mortality rate in nontreatment patients. The low incidence and nonspecific features, often lead to misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. This paper reported the diagnosis and treatment of a 55-year-old female patient with primary Wegener' granuloma of the lung diagnosed by percutaneous lung biopsy of pulmonary nodules, and reviews the relevant literature. .