TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidural spinal tumor and periaortitis as rare complications of Wegener's granulomatosis
AU - Kasagi, Shimpei
AU - Saegusa, Jun
AU - Tsuji, Goh
AU - Sendo, Sho
AU - Miura, Natsuko
AU - Hayashi, Hiroki
AU - Sugimoto, Takeshi
AU - Kawano, Seiji
AU - Nishida, Kotaro
AU - Kakutani, Kenichiro
AU - Morinobu, Akio
AU - Kumagai, Shunichi
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - This case report describes findings in a 61-yearold woman who manifested scleritis, small pulmonary nodules, otitis media, periaortitis, and progressive epidural spinal tumor, associated with elevated serum myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA) levels. She was clinically diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis, although vasculitis was not diagnosed due to the lack of typical histological findings. We discuss the differential diagnosis in this patient, and the association of MPO-ANCA with periaortitis or epidural spinal tumor.
AB - This case report describes findings in a 61-yearold woman who manifested scleritis, small pulmonary nodules, otitis media, periaortitis, and progressive epidural spinal tumor, associated with elevated serum myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA) levels. She was clinically diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis, although vasculitis was not diagnosed due to the lack of typical histological findings. We discuss the differential diagnosis in this patient, and the association of MPO-ANCA with periaortitis or epidural spinal tumor.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10165-011-0456-1
DO - 10.1007/s10165-011-0456-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 21691846
AN - SCOPUS:84855654896
SN - 1439-7595
VL - 21
SP - 678
EP - 683
JO - Modern Rheumatology
JF - Modern Rheumatology
IS - 6
ER -