title: Extensive gastrointestinal tract and thyroid involvement with Wegeners granulomatosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Raja Shekhar
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Sappati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biyyani
authors.forename: Privi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pauskar
authors.forename: Nabil M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Fahmy
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: 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