Mujer de 58 años que acude a Urgencias por cuadro respiratorio en vías altas, tos con esputos hemoptoicos y supuración en CAE. Es ingresada en planta diagnosticada de neumonía comunitaria y otitis media aguda.
Al no presentar mejoría se le realizan varias pruebas (Tac, fibroncoscopia) diagnosticándola finalmente de Granulomatosis de Wegener. Debido a su empeoramiento a causa de hemorragias pulmonares e infección respiratoria se solicita cuidados en la Uci.
A 58-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with upper respiratory symptoms, cough with hemoptoic sputum and suppuration in CAE. She was admitted to the ward diagnosed with community pneumonia and acute otitis media. As she did not show improvement, several tests were performed (CT, fibroncoscopy…) finally diagnosing her as Wegener’s Granulomatosis. Due to its worsening due to pulmonary hemorrhages and respiratory infection, care was requested in the ICU.