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<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18242024000100007</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Granulomatosis con poliangeítis. A propósito de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: about a case]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruano-Quintero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vivian]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ordóñez-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vionaylda]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Siret-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roxana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242024000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La granulomatosis con poliangeítis es una vasculitis sistémica, necrosante y granulomatosa que afecta el tracto respiratorio superior e inferior y los riñones. Se presenta el caso de una paciente blanca, de 59 años de edad, hipertensa y fumadora inveterada, que ingresó por presentar síntomas constitucionales, orinas turbias y hemáticas, así como creatininemia elevada con valor previo normal. Con impresión diagnóstica inicial de infección del tracto urinario se indica antibioticoterapia. Después del tercer día de iniciado el tratamiento, mejoraron los síntomas constitucionales y, de forma progresiva, comenzó con manifestaciones multiorgánicas (renal, respiratoria, cutánea y musculoesquelética) sugestivas de vasculitis sistémica. Como elementos significativos, en exámenes complementarios se detectaron azoados y reactantes de fase aguda aumentados, sedimento urinario activo, imagen nodular en vértice pulmonar derecho y microhemorragias multifocales en ambos campos pulmonares, detectados mediante tomografía computarizada y c-ANCA altamente positivo. Se indicó tratamiento inmunosupresor y citotóxico potente, obteniéndose control inicial de las manifestaciones graves de la enfermedad. Evolutivamente desarrolló complicaciones propias de la entidad y secundarias al tratamiento médico, que la hicieron tributaria de terapia de sustitución renal, falleciendo a los dos años de recibir hemodiálisis iterada. El cuadro clínico, unido a los estudios imagenológicos e inmunológicos (c-ANCA), fueron elementos claves para realizar el diagnóstico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a systemic, necrotizing, granulomatous vasculitis that affects the upper and lower respiratory tract and kidneys. The case of a 59-year-old white female patient, who is hypertensive and inveterate smoker, is presented; she was admitted for presenting constitutional symptoms, turbid and bloody urine, as well as elevated creatininemia with a normal previous value. With the initial diagnostic impression of urinary tract infection, antibiotic therapy was indicated. After the third day of starting treatment the constitutional symptoms improved, and progressively began with multiorgan manifestations (renal, respiratory, skin and musculoskeletal) suggestive of systemic vasculitis. As significant elements, complementary examinations detected increased nitrogen and acute phase reactants, active urinary sediment, nodular image in the right lung apex and multifocal microhemorrhages in both lung fields through computed tomography, and highly positive c-ANCA. Potent immunosuppressive and cytotoxic treatment was indicated, obtaining initial control of severe manifestations of the disease. Evolutionarily she developed complications specific to the entity and secondary to medical treatment which made her subject to renal replacement therapy, dying two years after receiving iterated hemodialysis. The clinical characteristics, together with the imaging and immunological studies (c-ANCA) were key elements to make the diagnosis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vasculitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[granulomatosis con poliangeítis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[c-ANCA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vasculitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[granulomatosis with polyangiitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[c-ANCA]]></kwd>
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