Wegener's granulomatosis masquerading as a renal cancer: A case report and review of the literature

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 584-586

  Vandergheynst, F ^a   Van Gansbeke, D ^a   Cogan, E ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ANCA; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Renal mass; Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOBLASTIN NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SCLEROSIS; SINUSITIS; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOPSY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 33845478525     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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