IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES (WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS / GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS) Flashcards
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CONCEPT
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RARE CHRONIC IMMUNE-BASED INFLAMMATORY NECROTIZING VASCULITIS
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CAUSE
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UNKNOWN
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SYMPTOMES
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NECROTIZING GRANULOMATOUS LESONS RESPIRATORY TRACT/NECROTIZING GLOMERULONEPHRITIS/SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS SMALL ARTERIES/VEINS
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ORALLY
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- STRAWBERRY GINGIVITIS
- ORAL ULCERATIONS (ANY MUCOSA SURFACE)
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DIAGNOSIS
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COMBINATION CLINICAL PRESENTATION/MICROSCOPIC FINDING OF NECROTIZING AND GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS
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LABORATORY MARKERS
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ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMATIC ANTIBODIES (cANCAS)/ANTINEUTROPHIL PERINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES (pANCAS)
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TREATMENT
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CORTICOSTEROIDS (PREDNISONE)/CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE