Encephalopathy in the course of Wegener vasculitis.
A 44-year-old woman presenting first ear disease and then cranial nerve, lung and kidney lesions and ultimately central nervous system involvement was found on kidney biopsy to have Wegener granulomatosis (WG). It is unlikely that the vasculitic component of the illness was directly responsible for most of the neurological symptoms.
D000328:Adult; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D014651:Vasa Vasorum; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications; D000160:Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*