title: Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with a renal mass.
abstract: Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a systemic disease characterized by necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis that involves primarily the upper and lower respiratory tracts and, in most cases, the kidneys. Kidney involvement in WG presenting as a mass is recognized, but is very rare. We describe a case of WG presenting with upper and lower respiratory symptoms and a renal mass due to both WG and renal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villa-Forte
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed