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A Rare Presentation of Wegener’s Granulomatosis in ENT

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Wegener’s granulomatosis or Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a rare multisystem autoimmune vasculitis disease which may become life threatening due to the various system involvement. Granular hyperplastic gingivitis, the so called “strawberry gingivitis” is a rare manifestation of this disease, yet pathognomic when present. Early diagnosis and treatment is very important.

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  1. Department of ENT, Hassan Institute of Medical sciences, Hassan, India

    K. U. Raghavendra Prasad & A. T. Fida Harish

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Raghavendra Prasad K.U.–concept, design. Fida Harish A.T.–literature search, data acquisition, manuscript preparation and editing. The manuscript has been read and approved by all the authors, the requirements for authorship have been met, and each author believes that the manuscript represents honest work.

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Raghavendra Prasad, K.U., Fida Harish, A.T. A Rare Presentation of Wegener’s Granulomatosis in ENT. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 75, 2363–2366 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-03653-0

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