Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Is Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibody Testing Indicated?

We report a 55-year old woman with microscopic polyangiitis who presented with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and 1 year later developed hematuria and proteinuria. She had a high serum level of perinuclear anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies. Renal angiogram was normal. The diagnosis of microsco...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of the medical sciences 2001-03, Vol.321 (3), p.201-202
Hauptverfasser: Mansi, Ishak A., Sondhi, Damanpaul, Opran, Adriana, Ayinla, Raji, Rosner, Fred
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Zusammenfassung:We report a 55-year old woman with microscopic polyangiitis who presented with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and 1 year later developed hematuria and proteinuria. She had a high serum level of perinuclear anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies. Renal angiogram was normal. The diagnosis of microscopic polyangiitis was confirmed by renal biopsy, which showed pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis.The patient received immunosuppressive therapy and improved markedly. Consideration of small vessel vasculitis is important in the differential diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
ISSN:0002-9629
1538-2990
DOI:10.1097/00000441-200103000-00009