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Limited-form PAN with MPO-ANCA and IPF
- Source :
- FUKUSHIMA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. 49:141-148
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- The Fukushima Society of Medical Science, 2003.
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Abstract
- A 58-year-old man with a 15-year history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was hospitalized for rapid progression of muscle weakness to bilateral foot drop. Although laboratory data revealed high titers of myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (489 EU), the patient was diagnosed as polyarteritis nodosa limited to the lower portions of the legs. Despite of the treatment with large doses of corticosteroids and cyclosporin A, his symptoms barely improved during the following two months.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Leg
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Humans
Middle Aged
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Cyclosporin a
medicine
Cyclosporine
Peroxidase
muscle weakness
biology
Polyarteritis nodosa
business.industry
vasculitic neuropathy
Muscle weakness
General Medicine
Cytoplasmic antibody
medicine.disease
493.14
cyclosporin A
Titer
Myeloperoxidase
biology.protein
Antibody
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21854610 and 00162590
- Volume :
- 49
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- FUKUSHIMA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dbfe30fd374de15e95fdc6fcf766f771