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- Title
Epidural spinal tumor and periaortitis as rare complications of Wegener's granulomatosis.
- Authors
Kasagi, Shimpei; Saegusa, Jun; Tsuji, Goh; Sendo, Sho; Miura, Natsuko; Hayashi, Hiroki; Sugimoto, Takeshi; Kawano, Seiji; Nishida, Kotaro; Kakutani, Kenichiro; Morinobu, Akio; Kumagai, Shunichi
- Abstract
This case report describes findings in a 61-year-old 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.
- Subjects
SPINE cancer; DISEASE complications; GRANULOMATOSIS with polyangiitis; OTITIS media; PEROXIDASE; VASCULITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2011, Vol 21, Issue 6, p678
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3109/s10165-011-0456-1