A Case of Crescentic Glomerulonephritis Complicated with Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis Syndrome and ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

A Case of Crescentic Glomerulonephritis Complicated with Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis Syndrome and ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

Systemic urticaria in a 64-year-old woman was diagnosed as leukocytoclastic vasculitis by a punch biopsy of the skin. Her physical findings improved after prescription of prednisolone at a dose of 20 mg/day, but the skin rash relapsed with renal dysfunction, proteinuria, and hematuria when the dose...

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Main Authors: Marenao Tanaka, Norihito Moniwa, Tomohiro Mita, Toshiyuki Tobisawa, Tamaki Matsumoto, Atsushi Mochizuki, Tomohisa Yamashita, Toshiyuki Yano, Masato Furuhashi, Tetsuji Miura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2017-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis
Subjects:
Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis
Crescentic glomerulonephritis
MPO-ANCA
ANCA-related nephritis
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