Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a granulomatous disorder usually associated with vasculitis involving the small and medium-sized blood vessels that affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts and the kidneys, but almost any organ can be targeted. The typical renal involvement of GPA consists of a segmental necrotising glomerulonephritis, but, very rarely, renal disease could appear as an isolated or bilateral renal mass, requiring a differential diagnosis from neoplasms or granulomatous infections. We describe a patient who, during tests for a kidney mass, was found to have pulmonary nodules suspected to be metastasis, successfully treated with rituximab.

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting as a renal mass successfully treated with rituximab / Lo Gullo, Alberto; Bajocchi, Gianluigi; Cassone, Giulia; Cavazza, Alberto; Zanichelli, Matteo; Salvarani, Carlo. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - 32:82(2014), pp. S138-S138.

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting as a renal mass successfully treated with rituximab

Cassone, Giulia;SALVARANI, CARLO
2014

Abstract

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a granulomatous disorder usually associated with vasculitis involving the small and medium-sized blood vessels that affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts and the kidneys, but almost any organ can be targeted. The typical renal involvement of GPA consists of a segmental necrotising glomerulonephritis, but, very rarely, renal disease could appear as an isolated or bilateral renal mass, requiring a differential diagnosis from neoplasms or granulomatous infections. We describe a patient who, during tests for a kidney mass, was found to have pulmonary nodules suspected to be metastasis, successfully treated with rituximab.
2014
32
82
S138
S138
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting as a renal mass successfully treated with rituximab / Lo Gullo, Alberto; Bajocchi, Gianluigi; Cassone, Giulia; Cavazza, Alberto; Zanichelli, Matteo; Salvarani, Carlo. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - 32:82(2014), pp. S138-S138.
Lo Gullo, Alberto; Bajocchi, Gianluigi; Cassone, Giulia; Cavazza, Alberto; Zanichelli, Matteo; Salvarani, Carlo
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