A case of Wegener's granulomatosis complicated by non-small cell lung cancer.
- Author:
Ae Young HER
1
;
Hui Young LEE
;
Gu KANG
;
Seo Young SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea. sysong@kangwon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Wegener's granulomatosis;
Non-small cell cancer
- MeSH:
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic;
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung*;
Glomerulonephritis;
Humans;
Lung;
Paraneoplastic Syndromes;
Respiratory System;
Systemic Vasculitis;
Vasculitis;
Wegener Granulomatosis*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2007;73(3):336-341
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Vasculitis may be a manifestation of the paraneoplastic syndrome in association with solid and hematological cancers. There are few reports of paraneoplastic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis in patients with solid tumors. Wegener's granulomatosis is a systemic vasculitis characterized by necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of the upper and lower respiratory tracts together with glomerulonephritis and are ANCA-positive. We experienced a case of Wegener's granulomatosis complicated by non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and we report this case with a brief review of the literature.
