Multiple patchy pulmonary consolidation in granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Masahiro Yamasaki; Masaya Taniwaki; Shota Nakano; Naoko Matsumoto; Shinji Nabeshima; Noboru Hattori

doi:10.1002/rcr2.623

Respirology Case Reports (Oct 2020)

Multiple patchy pulmonary consolidation in granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Masahiro Yamasaki,
Masaya Taniwaki,
Shota Nakano,
Naoko Matsumoto,
Shinji Nabeshima,
Noboru Hattori

Affiliations

Masahiro Yamasaki: Department of Respiratory Medicine Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐Bomb Survivors Hospital Hiroshima Japan
Masaya Taniwaki: Department of Respiratory Medicine Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐Bomb Survivors Hospital Hiroshima Japan
Shota Nakano: Department of Rheumatology Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐bomb Survivors Hospital Hiroshima Japan
Naoko Matsumoto: Department of Respiratory Medicine Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐Bomb Survivors Hospital Hiroshima Japan
Shinji Nabeshima: Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan
Noboru Hattori: Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.623
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 7
pp. n/a – n/a

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Key message Multiple patchy pulmonary consolidations that are unresponsive to antibiotics and/or exist at peri‐bronchial sites and bloody bronchoalveolar lavage may effectively help clinicians diagnose granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Published in Respirology Case Reports

ISSN: 2051-3380 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20513380

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