Carrington-Liebow syndrome

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Limited form of Wegener’s granulomatosis with prevalent pulmonary lesions, but without nephritis.

Description

Limited form of Wegener’s granulomatosis with prevalent pulmonary (with or without limited extrapulmonary) lesions, but without nephritis.

See also:
Liebow-Carrington disease, a lymphomatoid variant of Wegener's granulomatosis, under Averill Abraham Liebow, American physician, 1911-1978.

Wegener's granulomatosis, or arteritis-pulmonary-nephropathy syndrome, under Friedrich Wegener, German pathologist, 1907-1990.

Bibliography

  • C. B. Carrington, A. A. Liebow:
    Limited forms of angiitis and granulomatosis of Wegener’s type.
    American Journal of Medicine, New York, 1966, 41: 497-527.

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