1. A Case of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Relapse with Eye Involvement Only
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Selman Unverdi, Murat Duranay, Süleyman Karaköse, Eyup Koc, and Beyza Algül Durak
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030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Systemic disease ,Retinal Vein ,Retinal vasculitis ,business.industry ,Urology ,Glomerulonephritis ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Etiology ,medicine ,Surgery ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Granulomatosis with polyangiitis ,business ,Systemic vasculitis ,Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody - Abstract
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a chronic systemic disease that is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract accompanied by systemic vasculitis of small and medium-sized vessels and necrotizing glomerulonephritis. The etiology is unknown and it is more common in men. GPA is diagnosed with the clinical findings, positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (c-ANCA), and histological findings. Eye involvement is frequent but retinal vasculitis has rarely been described. Herein we will present a 76-year-old female patient with a GPA diagnosis who was on routine hemodialysis because of renal failure and developed retinal vein occlusion during the clinical follow-up. Key wORDS: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Retinal vasculitis, Glomerulonephritis
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- 2016
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