Medical Definition of Wegener granulomatosis
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Sinuses, mucoperiosteal thickening, may destroy bone and cartilage, lungs, necrotizing granulomata, multiple round nodules (2 mm - 9 cm), may cavitate, kidneys, glomerulonephritis most likely to be necrosis of capillary tuft, generalised necrotizing vasculitis of arteries and veins, auto-immune: basement membrane, almost always involves lungs, M = F, 30-50 years of age, symptoms: cough, haemoptysis, fever, wt loss, multiple respecially infections, treatment: cytotoxins, immunosuppression
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Wegener Granulomatosis
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