Microscopic polyangiitis in a patient with systemic sclerosis

Microscopic polyangiitis in a patient with systemic sclerosis

The coexistence of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and vasculitis has been infrequently reported. We present a 65-year-old man who, 6 years previously, had been diagnosed with limited SSc, and who developed a focal segmental necrotizing crescent glomerulonephritis associated with perinuclear antineutrophil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Reumatología clinica 2005-10, Vol.1 (3), p.177-179
Hauptverfasser: Duruelo, J, Cuende, E, Preciado, E, Díaz de Otazu, R, Vesga, J C
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Zusammenfassung:The coexistence of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and vasculitis has been infrequently reported. We present a 65-year-old man who, 6 years previously, had been diagnosed with limited SSc, and who developed a focal segmental necrotizing crescent glomerulonephritis associated with perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with antimyeloperoxidase specificity in the absence of Dpenicillamine exposure.
ISSN:1699-258X
DOI:10.1016/S1699-258X(05)72739-X