MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 68-year-old woman was hospitalized for evaluation of progressive dyspnea, cough, and hemoptysis. She had a 2-month history of malaise, anorexia, arthralgias, and a 30-lb…
CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME (EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS)
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 58-year-old man with recurrent rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps developed new-onset asthma poorly responsive to inhaled bronchodilators. He responded well to oral corticosteroids but developed…
GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS (WEGENER)
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 32-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of fever, weight loss, sinusitis, arthralgias, and dyspnea. He had been treated with several courses of antibiotics…
NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A dialysis-dependent 48-year-old white man with polycystic kidney disease was admitted to the hospital for a living-related renal transplantation. In the immediate post-op course he…
ANCA-NEGATIVE SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 39-year-old, previously healthy man presented to rheumatology clinic with 6 days of a progressively severe rash on his lower legs and pain in his…
PHLEBOLYMPHEDEMA
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 58-year-old morbidly obese woman presents for a second opinion regarding leg swelling. She describes bilateral lower extremity swelling and discoloration that has progressed over…
RAYNAUD PHENOMENON
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 21-year-old Caucasian woman with no past medical history presents with 9 months of painful color changes of her fingers upon cold exposure. She has…
THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS (BUERGER DISEASE)
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 38-year-old male smoker presented with a 1-year history of left-calf discomfort during ambulation and a 3-month history of progressive bluish discoloration of the toes….
PSEUDO-KAPOSI SARCOMA (ACROANGIODERMATITIS)
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 54-year-old man with a history of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) presented with unilateral left lower extremity painless skin lesions that had been increasing in size…
