Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal (Aug 2008)

An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis

  • O' Sullivan Maureen,
  • Dobson Simon,
  • Houghton Kristin,
  • Abdwani Reem,
  • Malleson Peter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-6-13
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
p. 13

Abstract

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Abstract We report a case of Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG) associated with blastomycosis. This appears to be the first case report of WG co-existing with a tissue proven blastomycosis infection. The temporal correlation of the two conditions suggests that blastomycosis infection (and therefore possibly other fungal infections), may trigger the systemic granulomatous vasculitis in a predisposed individual; a provocative supposition warranting further study.