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  • Title: Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as acute systemic vasculitis following 20 years of limited tracheobronchial disease.
    Author: Peters JE, Salama AD, Ind PW.
    Journal: J Laryngol Otol; 2009 Dec; 123(12):1375-7. PubMed ID: 19175952.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: We report a patient with a 20-year history of apparently idiopathic airways stenoses, who presented with an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated, acute, systemic vasculitis with necrotising glomerulonephritis, subsequently diagnosed as Wegener's granulomatosis. METHODS: We present a case report and a review of the world literature on airway stenosis in Wegener's granulomatosis. RESULTS: To our knowledge, this is the first report of Wegener's granulomatosis manifesting as local airway disease for such a prolonged period, before transforming into a systemic vasculitis. CONCLUSIONS: This case highlights the need for physicians to be alert to the possibility of Wegener's granulomatosis as a cause of apparently idiopathic airway stenosis, and to be aware that systemic disease may occur in very long-standing, limited Wegener's granulomatosis.
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