Differential diagnosis in patients presenting with fever of unknown origin (FUO) is often difficult because infectious diseases, neoplasms, infective endocarditis or systemic autoimmune diseases may all be responsible for the condition. Furthermore, vasculitis may generate typical, atypical or limited syndromes depending on the extent of vascular involvement. Here, we report the case of a 73-year-old man with FUO and renal failure due to a rare variant of Wegener’s granulomatosis, limited to the kidneys.
Renal-limited Wegener's granulomatosis / DEL PORTO, Flavia; Proietta, M; Stoppacciaro, Antonella; Trappolini, Massimo; Mene', Paolo; Aliberti, Giuseppe. - In: LUPUS. - ISSN 0961-2033. - STAMPA. - 18:(2009), pp. 567-569. [10.1177/0961203308098632]
Renal-limited Wegener's granulomatosis
DEL PORTO, Flavia;STOPPACCIARO, ANTONELLA;TRAPPOLINI, Massimo;MENE', Paolo;ALIBERTI, Giuseppe
2009
Abstract
Differential diagnosis in patients presenting with fever of unknown origin (FUO) is often difficult because infectious diseases, neoplasms, infective endocarditis or systemic autoimmune diseases may all be responsible for the condition. Furthermore, vasculitis may generate typical, atypical or limited syndromes depending on the extent of vascular involvement. Here, we report the case of a 73-year-old man with FUO and renal failure due to a rare variant of Wegener’s granulomatosis, limited to the kidneys.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
