A Case of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection That Was Misdiagnosed as an Invasion of Wegener's Granulomatosis / 대한류마티스학회지
The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
; : 150-155, 2009.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-12717
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ABSTRACT
Wegener's granulomatosis is a rare disease that pathologically causes necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis in the arterioles and venules and it can invade the whole body. In addition, it is difficult to distinguish between a nontuberculous mycobacteria infection that shows manifestations of granuloma and Wegener's granulomatosis. There has been no reported on a patient who had the 2 abovementioned two diseases at the same time. A 69 year old male patient had Wegener's granulomatosis that had invaded the prostate. He also had a scrotal swelling and back pain. He had manifestations of granulomatous infection on the scrotum and spine biopsies. However, there was no clinical evidence of Wegener's granulomatosis. As a result, we examined him for other diseases that can cause a granuloma. Consequently, he was also diagnosed as suffering with a nontuberculous mycobacteria infection. We report here on this case and we review the relevant medical literature.
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Tuberculosis
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Arterioles
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Prostate
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Scrotum
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Spine
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Stress, Psychological
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Vasculitis
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Venules
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Biopsy
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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
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Back Pain
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article