SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF WEGENERS GRANULOMATOSIS DURING PREGNANCY - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL LITERATURE

During the 18th week of a first pregnancy, a 20-year-old woman visits her physician complaining of cough, sore throat, and hemoptysis of 4 d ays in duration. A chest radiograph, laboratory study findings includi ng a cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody titer, and lu ng biopsy results were consistent with a limited form of Wegener's gra nulomatosis. She was treated successfully with prednisone and cyclopho sphamide. The remainder of her pregnancy was otherwise uneventful and resulted in a normal labor and delivery of a healthy male infant.