Renal Solid Mass as a Rare Presentation of Wagener's Granulomatosis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Mehrdad Mohammadi Sichani,
Mazaher Hadi,
Ardeshir Talebi,
Pooyan Khalighinejad
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-696X
pISSN - 2090-6978
DOI - 10.1155/2012/793014
Subject(s) - medicine , microhematuria , presentation (obstetrics) , differential diagnosis , renal biopsy , etiology , rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis , malignancy , flank pain , proteinuria , disease , pathology , surgery , biopsy , kidney , vasculitis
Wagener's granulomatosis (WG) is a rheumatologic disease with unknown etiology which renal and pulmonary involvement is commonly seen. Renal involvement in Wagener's granulomatosis represents as a segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis which is not visible with imaging techniques and usually presents with proteinuria, microhematuria, and hypertension. A rare presentation of the disease is a renal mass which can be mistaken as renal tumors, abscess, or lymphoma. We report a 22-year-old female with flank pain and fever who was admitted in our hospital. The patient underwent renal tumor biopsy and diagnosed with Wagener's granulomatosis in pathologic staining. The aim of this work is introduction of Wagener's granulomatosis as a differential diagnosis of renal tumors, to prevent unnecessary interventions and delayed treatment.
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