GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS: TREAT THE PATIENT NOT SYMPTOMS

Abstract

Immunological mechanisms of appearance and therapeutic treatment strategies were discussed on example of the rare granulomatosis with polyangiitis clinical case in young patient. This vasculitis, formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis, is a rare multisystem autoimmune disease with necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and pauci-immune vasculitis in small- and medium-sized blood vessels.

Keywords

• granulomatosis with polyangiitis
• ANCA-associated vasculitis
• prognosis
• sinusitis