Extensive gastrointestinal tract and thyroid involvement with Wegeners granulomatosis.
Wegeners granulomatosis (WG) is a pauci-immune systemic vasculitis involving small to medium sized blood vessels of the respiratory tract and renal vasculature. We report a 34-year-old lady with extensive gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and thyroid involvement. Literature review revealed only two prior reports of esophageal involvement, two reports of pancreatic involvement and few cases of thyroid involvement.
Reddy
Raja Shekhar
RS
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Biyyani
Sappati
S
Pauskar
Privi
P
Fahmy
Nabil M
NM
King
James F
JF
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology