All Subjects Medicine Surgery Pathology Anatomy Pharmacology Social & Preventive Medicine Microbiology Gynaecology & Obstetrics Dental Physiology Biochemistry Pediatrics
Showing 15321 questions
Sort:
5809 Pathology

A 36-year-old woman presents with muscle pain, fever, chronic sinusitis. Physical examination shows mucosal ulcerations of the nasopharynx. A biopsy from her nasopharynx reveals necrotizing vasculitis with chronic inflammatory cells and giant cells surrounding necrotic areas. The presence of which of the following autoantibodies would be most consistent with a diagnosis of Wegener&;s granulomatosis

AAntigliadin antibodies
BAntinucleolar antibodies
CAntineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
DAntimitochondrial antibodies
Pathology
View Explanation →