Dayoan E S, Dimen L L, Boylen C T
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
Chest. 1998 Mar;113(3):836-8. doi: 10.1378/chest.113.3.836.
During the 18th week of a first pregnancy, a 20-year-old woman visits her physician complaining of cough, sore throat, and hemoptysis of 4 days in duration. A chest radiograph, laboratory study findings including a cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody titer, and lung biopsy results were consistent with a limited form of Wegener's granulomatosis. She was treated successfully with prednisone and cyclophosphamide. The remainder of her pregnancy was otherwise uneventful and resulted in a normal labor and delivery of a healthy male infant.
