• Clin Med (Lond) · Jan 2021

    Case Reports

    Lesson of the month: Severe granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA): a diagnostic challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • Qurratulain Qurratulain, Azeem Ahmed, and Quentin Jones.
    • Great Western Hospital, Swindon, UK q.qurratulain@nhs.net.
    • Clin Med (Lond). 2021 Jan 1; 21 (1): 798079-80.

    AbstractWe present the case of a 71-year-old woman with bilateral pneumonia who continued to deteriorate despite multiple courses of antibiotics. When dexamethasone was added to cover the possibility of COVID-19 pneumonia, she rapidly improved. Subsequently, she was found to have a strongly positive PR3 anti-nuclear cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) and clinical features consistent with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) with upper respiratory tract and renal involvement. The case highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic can create new challenges in the diagnosis of GPA.© Royal College of Physicians 2021. All rights reserved.

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