| 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'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) |
| Wegener, Friedrich | <person> German pathologist, 1907-1990. See: Wegener's granulomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |