Wegener's granulomatosis--an etiology of acute pancreatitis.
Wegener's granulomatosis is a systemic disease that usually involves the upper respiratory tract and kidneys. We report a 47-year-old man with Wegener's granulomatosis that presented as acute pancreatitis.
Joshipura
Vismit P
VP
Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad, India.
Haribhakti
Sanjiv P
SP
Pandya
Sapan C
SC
Soni
Harshad N
HN
Patel
Nitin R
NR
D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology