Initial signs are extremely variable, and diagnosis can be severely delayed due to the nonspecific nature of the symptoms. Rhinitis is generally the first sign in most patients.
* Kidney: rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (75%), leading to chronic renal failure
* Upper airway, eye and ear disease:
** Nose: pain, stuffiness, nosebleeds, rhinitis, crusting, ''saddle-nose'' deformity due to a perforated septum
** Ears: conductive hearing loss due to auditory tube dysfunction, sensorineural hearing loss (unclear mechanism)
**Oral cavity: strawberry gingivitis, underlying bone destruction with loosening of teeth, non-specific ulcerations throughout oral mucosa
** Eyes: pseudotumours, scleritis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, episcleritis
* Trachea: subglottal stenosis
* Lungs: pulmonary nodules (referred to as "coin lesions"), infiltrates (often interpreted as pneumonia), cavitary lesions, pulmonary hemorrhage causing hemoptysis, and rarely bronchial stenosis.
* Arthritis: Pain or swelling (60%), often initially diagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis
* Skin: nodules on the elbow, purpura, various others (see ''cutaneous vasculitis'')
* Nervous system: occasionally sensory neuropathy (10%) and rarely mononeuritis multiplex
* Heart, gastrointestinal tract, brain, other organs: rarely affected.
Adapted from the Wikipedia article Wegener's granulomatosis, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Wegener’s granulomatosis – Signs and symptoms
Initial signs are extremely variable, and diagnosis can be severely delayed due to the nonspecific nature of the symptoms. Rhinitis is generally the first sign in most patients. * Kidney: rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (75%), leading to chronic renal failure.
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