Early diagnosis of Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with bilateral facial paralysis and bilateral serous otitis media

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-382

  Ferri, Emanuele ^a   Armato, Enrico ^a   Capuzzo, Paolo ^a   Cavaleri, Stefano ^a   Ianniello, Ferdinando ^a  

^a Hospital of Dolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilateral facial paralysis; c ANCA; Serous otitis media; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, MIXED CONDUCTIVE-SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREDNISOLONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 34249673420     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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