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Breast Involvement in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies Positive Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis in a 64-Year-Old Female Patient

Volume 32 · Issue 4 Publish Date: December 31, 2017
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Monika RYBA
Department of Nephrology, Voivodship Specialty Hospital, Center For Research and Development, Wroclaw, Poland image/svg+xml
Andrzej KONIECZNY
Department of Nephrology, Voivodship Specialty Hospital, Center For Research and Development, Wroclaw, Poland image/svg+xml
Zbigniew HRUBY
Department of Nephrology, Voivodship Specialty Hospital, Center For Research and Development, Wroclaw, Poland image/svg+xml
Monika RYBA, Andrzej KONIECZNY, & Zbigniew HRUBY. (2017). Breast Involvement in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies Positive Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis in a 64-Year-Old Female Patient. Archives of Rheumatology, 32(4), 358–360. https://doi.org/10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2017.6321
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In this article, we present a case of a female patient suffering from granulomatosis and polyangiitis with active glomerular disease, who developed exacerbation of pulmonary vasculitis and palpable tumors of right breast. A possibility of neoplastic disease was excluded by histopathological examination of percutaneous biopsy specimen, revealing granulomatous inflammatory infiltrate, without any features of neoplasia. Moreover, both pulmonary and breast lesions subsided following intensification of immunosuppressive/antiinflammatory treatment.

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Journal Archives of Rheumatology
Volume / Issue Volume 32 · Issue 4
Pages 358-360
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Published Online December 31, 2017
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Monika RYBA
Department of Nephrology, Voivodship Specialty Hospital, Center For Research and Development, Wroclaw, Poland
Andrzej KONIECZNY
Department of Nephrology, Voivodship Specialty Hospital, Center For Research and Development, Wroclaw, Poland
Zbigniew HRUBY
Department of Nephrology, Voivodship Specialty Hospital, Center For Research and Development, Wroclaw, Poland
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Monika RYBA, Andrzej KONIECZNY, & Zbigniew HRUBY. (2017). Breast Involvement in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies Positive Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis in a 64-Year-Old Female Patient. Archives of Rheumatology, 32(4), 358–360. https://doi.org/10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2017.6321
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