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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis; Other names: Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) (formerly) Micrograph showing features characteristic of granulomatosis with polyangiitis – a vasculitis and granulomas with multi-nucleated giant cells. H&E stain. Specialty: Immunology, rheumatology Causes: Autoimmune disease
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis consists of three stages, but not all patients develop all three stages or progress from one stage to the next in the same order; [7] whereas some patients may develop severe or life-threatening complications such as gastrointestinal involvement and heart disease, some patients are only mildly affected, e.g. with skin lesions and nasal polyps. [8]
Friedrich Wegener (7 April 1907, Varel – 9 July 1990, Lübeck, [veːɡɐnəɐ̯]) was a German pathologist who is notable for his description of a rare disease originally referred to Wegener disease and now referred to as granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Although this disease was known before Wegener's description, from the 1950s onwards it ...
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG), is a rare immune-mediated systemic disease with an unclear etiology. It manifests pathologically as an inflammatory response pattern in the kidneys, upper and lower respiratory tracts, and granulomatous inflammation, which includes necrosis. [13 ...
Granuloma annulare is a skin disease of unknown cause in which granulomas are found in the dermis of the skin, but it is not a true granuloma. Typically, a central zone of necrobiotic generation of collagen is seen, with surrounding inflammation and mucin deposition on pathology.
ENKTCL-NT is a rare type of lymphoma that commonly involves the nasal cavity, oral cavity, and/or pharynx [5] but less commonly can also involve the eye, larynx, lung, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and various other tissues. [6] Patients presenting with highly localized midline facial disease fit the historical definition of lethal midline ...
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: Crusting rhinorrhea, sinusitis, chronic otitis media, nasal obstruction, shortness of breath, and chronic cough. [15] [16] Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: Asthma, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps, peripheral neuropathy, pulmonary infiltrates, and abdominal pain. [17] [18]