Abstract:The patient in the case was diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis based on clinical criteria, positive tests for c-ANCA and kidney biopsy consistent with vasculitis of small blood vessels. The literature documents gastrointestinal involvement is rare, nevertheless it is the cause of death IN 12% of the cases of GPA,
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