Hydronephrosis caused by a relapse of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s)

We describe a case of relapsed granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s) (GPA) that presented with abdominal pain. 18 F-fluoro-2-deoxy- d -glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)/computed tomography (CT) clearly depicted an inflammation of the left peri-iliac arterial soft tissue, which wa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Modern rheumatology 2012-08, Vol.22 (4), p.616-620
Hauptverfasser:	Umemoto, Azusa, Ikeuchi, Hidekazu, Hiromura, Keiju, Hamatani, Hiroko, Sakurai, Noriyuki, Sakairi, Toru, Matsumoto, Takayuki, Maeshima, Akito, Kuroiwa, Takashi, Nojima, Yoshihisa
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Case Report Cyclophosphamide - therapeutic use Drug Therapy, Combination Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use Glucose Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis - complications Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis - diagnosis Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis - drug therapy Humans Hydronephrosis - diagnosis Hydronephrosis - etiology Hydronephrosis - surgery Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Inflammatory diseases Male Medical treatment Medicine Medicine & Public Health Methylprednisolone - therapeutic use Microscopic Polyangiitis - complications Microscopic Polyangiitis - diagnosis Microscopic Polyangiitis - drug therapy Multimodal Imaging Orthopedics Positron-Emission Tomography Recurrence Remission Induction Rheumatology Tissues Tomography Tomography, Emission-Computed Tomography, X-Ray Computed Veins & arteries
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