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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax in young adult
Sunil Kumar1, Nitin Pawani1, Akshay Honmode1, Shilpa Bawankule1, SK Diwan1, Shraddha Jain2
1 Department of Medicine, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharastra, India
2 Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharastra, India
Correspondence Address:
Sunil Kumar
Department of Medicine, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS, Sawangi, Wardha 442 004, Maharastra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2320-8775.135117
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Pulmonary involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) usually starts with nonspecific symptoms such as cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, and pleuritis. Spontaneous pneumothorax as initial presentation is extremely rare. Although its real incidence is unknown, according to different classic series, it ranges between 3 and 5% of the cases. In this case, a 28-year-old male presented with complaints of epistaxis and breathlessness, which was diagnosed as WG with pneumothorax on the basis of chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) chest and pathological confirmation by high level of serum cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA). |
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