Wegeners granulomatosis is a rare autoimmue disease with multi-system involvement that manifests as granulomatous vasculitic lesions, mainly involving the upper respiratory tract, lower respiratory tract and kidney. We present a case in a young adult male patient presenting with complaints of epistaxis, cough and hemoptysis who was diagnosed as Wegeners granulomatosiswith peripheral eosinophilia on the basis of chest x-ray and CT Chest and pathological confirmation by high level of serum cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v14i2.19689 J Medicine 2013, 14(2): 204-206
Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of mortality worldwide. Thrombolysis in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a landmark event in the management as it has changed the outcomes. Clinical signs after thrombolysis in AMI may have a better correlation with functional reperfusion than the isolated image of angiographic patency.
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