چكيده لاتين :
Wegenerיs granulomatosis is a necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis with the prevalence of 3 in 100000. Pulmonary
involvement is the most common form of disease manifestation detected in 95% of cases but onset of disease with other
symptoms such as proptosis and hyperthyroidism is very rare.
Our patient was a 29-year-old man who had been presented to the hospital with goiter, palpitation. fatigue , and proptosis in
1997. He underwent subtotal thyroidectomy and was treated with methimazole.
After six years of treatment, he admitted to the hospital for the second time with ertbritis , arthralgia, fever, hematuria and
nodular pulmonary lesions. Open lung biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of wegenerיs granulomatosis. (Tanaffos 2006;
5(4):75-78)
