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Hideto Oshita1, Hiromi Matsumoto, Teppei Hoshino
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chugoku Rosai General Hospital, 1-5-1, Hiro-tagaya, Kure-shi, Hiroshima 737-0193, Japan. internal.medicine.crgh@gmail.com
Introduction:
Accurate evaluation of disease status is very important in treatment of Wegener's granulomatosis
Case Presentation:
A 73-year-old Japanese man presented with chronic sinusitis and otitis media. He was admitted to our hospital because of bilateral lung nodules. Cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody was negative but his rheumatoid factor was high. He was diagnosed with limited Wegener's granulomatosis and received remission induction therapy. His serum rheumatoid factor level correlated with the Wegener's granulomatosis state when he experienced a severe infection and recurrence due to Wegener's granulomatosis.
Conclusion:
We describe a case of Wegener's granulomatosis in which rheumatoid factor was helpful for evaluating the therapeutic effect.
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