Data di Pubblicazione:
2011
Citazione:
Localized Wegener's granulomatosis / A.V. Marzano, Y. Balice, M. Papini, R. Testa, E. Berti, C. Crosti. - In: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY. - ISSN 0926-9959. - 25:12(2011), pp. 1466-70-1470. [10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03970.x]
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a rare granulomatous necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium vessels which has predilection for upper airways, lungs and kidney. However, any other organ, including the skin and oral cavity, can be involved. Although mucocutaneous lesions are relatively common, they have only rarely been reported as localized manifestation of the disease.
OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to evaluate the type and sites of skin and mucosal lesions, clinical course and response to treatment, histologic features and laboratory findings in localized WG.
METHODS: The medical records of three patients (two women and one man) with localized WG followed up at our hospitals for a mean time of 10 years were studied.
RESULTS: All patients presented with facial plaques infiltrating the nasal and palatal mucosae and cartilages and, in one case, perforating the palatal bone. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, which are the marker for multisystem WG, were negative. The disease, refractory to various immunosuppressants, responded well, albeit incompletely, to prednisone plus cyclophosphamide.
LIMITATIONS: The limited number of patients is counterbalanced by the rarity of the disease.
CONCLUSIONS: Our cases may represent a rare distinctive subset of WG limited to the facial region and upper airway mucosa but showing a locally aggressive behaviour leading to cartilage and bony destruction.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Wegener granulomatosis ; humans ; tomography X-ray computed ; middle aged ; male ; female
Elenco autori:
A.V. Marzano, Y. Balice, M. Papini, R. Testa, E. Berti, C. Crosti
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