Acute Fulminant Wegener Granulomatosis
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 134 (1) , 40-43
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1974.00320190042004
Abstract
A 36-year-old man with acute onset of Wegener granulomatosis was treated with antilymphoblast globulin, azathioprine, and prednisone. Both pulmonary and renal failure had been present and both considerably improved with immunosuppressive therapy. However, renal failure persisted and renal allotransplantation was carried out more than one year ago. The patient is now well, with normal renal and pulmonary function. To our knowledge, this appears to be the first case of fulminant pulmonary and renal Wegener granulomatosis successfully treated with immunosuppressive drugs and renal transplantation.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Clinical Use of Antilymphocyte GlobulinNew England Journal of Medicine, 1971
- Cyclophosphamide-Prednisone Therapy of Lethal Midline GranulomaJAMA, 1965
- Antimetabolite Therapy in Midline Lethal GranulomaJAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 1964