Successful Treatment of Wegener's Granulomatosis During Pregnancy

During the 18th week of a first pregnancy, a 20-year-old woman visits her physician complaining of cough, sore throat, and hemoptysis of 4 days in duration. A chest radiograph, laboratory study findings including a cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody titer, and lung biopsy results we...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chest 1998-03, Vol.113 (3), p.836-838
Hauptverfasser: Dayoan, Edward S., Dimen, Luis L., Boylen, Carl T.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:During the 18th week of a first pregnancy, a 20-year-old woman visits her physician complaining of cough, sore throat, and hemoptysis of 4 days in duration. A chest radiograph, laboratory study findings including a cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody titer, and lung biopsy results were consistent with a limited form of Wegener's granulomatosis. She was treated successfully with prednisone and cyclophosphamide. The remainder of her pregnancy was otherwise uneventful and resulted in a normal labor and delivery of a healthy male infant.
ISSN:0012-3692
1931-3543
DOI:10.1378/chest.113.3.836