Relapse of a renal inflammatory pseudotumour associated with Wegener's granulomatosis

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 429-431

  Vandergheynst, F ^a   Dumarey, N ^a   Cogan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FDG PET scan; Inflammatory pseudotumour; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; NEPHRITIS; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; POLYARTHRITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RELAPSE; SINUSITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 78650380324     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2010.65.6.011     Document Type: Article

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