[Case of Wegener's granulomatosis]. / Sluchai granulematoza Vegenera.

A 26 year-old woman first complained at a sparse sputum stained with blood. 18 days later haemorrhagic petechias on the lower limbs skin appeared and rapidly disappeared. The gradually enhancing cough was followed by haemoptysis and bleeding. The death occurred at the 41st day of the disease from persisting lung bleeding. The cause of lung bleeding was Wegener's granulomatosis which was characterized by destructive angiitis, haemic and tissue eosinophilia, lymph node granulomatosis and diffuse glomerulonephritis.