| Wegener's granulomatosis | <immunology, nephrology> Wegener's granulomatosis or midline granulomatosis is a rare disorder characterised by chronic tissue inflammation (due to the inflammation of blood vessels) and granuloma (aggregates of cells) formation in the nasal passages, lungs and kidneys. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| wegener granulomatosis | <radiology> Sinuses, mucoperiosteal thickening, may destroy bone and cartilage, lungs, necrotizing granulomata, multiple round nodules (2 mm - 9 cm), may cavitate, kidneys, glomerulonephritis most likely to be necrosis of capillary tuft, generalised necrotizing vasculitis of arteries and veins, auto-immune: basement membrane, almost always involves lungs, M = F, 30-50 years of age, symptoms: cough, haemoptysis, fever, wt loss, multiple respecially infections, treatment: cytotoxins, immunosuppression (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Wegener, Friedrich | <person> German pathologist, 1907-1990. See: Wegener's granulomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allergic granulomatosis | <syndrome> Widespread necrotizing angiitis with granulomas. Pulmonary involvement is frequent. Asthma or other respiratory infection may precede evidence of vasculitis. Eosinophilia and lung involvement differentiate this disease from polyarteritis nodosa. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bronchocentric granulomatosis | A severe form of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulomatosis | Any condition characterised by multiple granulomas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granulomatosis siderotica | A form in which firm, brown foci that contain iron pigment (Gamna bodies) are present in an enlarged spleen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| midline granulomatosis | Wegener's granulomatosis or midline granulomatosis is a rare disorder characterised by chronic tissue inflammation (due to the inflammation of blood vessels) and granuloma (aggregates of cells) formation in the nasal passages, lungs and kidneys. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lipid granulomatosis | <dermatology, pathology> An accumulation of an excess of lipids in the body due to disturbance of lipid metabolism and marked by the formation of foam cells in skin lesions. (16 Dec 1997) |
| lipophagia granulomatosis | An obsolete term for Whipple's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lipophagic intestinal granulomatosis | An obsolete term for Whipple's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphomatoid granulomatosis | An angiocentric and angiodestructive lymphoreticular proliferative disorder primarily involving the lungs. Histologically it simulates malignant lymphoma and in some cases may progress to lymphoma. (12 Dec 1998) |