Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Glomerulonephritis in Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated glomerulonephritis in type II diabetes mellitus.

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated neutropenia in a patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Case report: Our case is a 37-year old male, who admitted to hospital several times with infections accompanying neutropenia. On his last admission, he had fever, chills, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. He had been treated with an insulin regimen for six years, but HbA1C level was 8.4%. Further investigation revealed high CRP (23 mg/L) and ESR (30 mm/h), positive RF (16.7; normal...

Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–associated Glomerulonephritis Complicated by Pneumatosis Intestinalis

Pneumatosis intestinalis is a characteristic imaging phenomenon indicating the presence of gas in the bowel wall. The link between pneumatosis intestinalis and various kinds of autoimmune diseases has been reported anecdotally, while information regarding the cases with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis complicated by concurrent pneumatosis intestinalis is lacki...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody mediated glomerulonephritis associated with levamisole-adulterated cocaine

Levamisole-adulterated cocaine has increased in prevalence over the last decade and is known to be associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). Dermatologic manifestations of levamisole exposure, including cutaneous vasculitis, are widely appreciated; less is known about its effects on the kidney. We report two cases of patients with a history of cocaine abuse and levamisole-in...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated glomerulonephritis in children.

Aretrospective investigation was conducted by members of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Nephrology from 1990 to 1997 to define the clinical features and outcome of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated glomerulonephritis in children. Thirty-four ANCA-seropositive Japanese pediatric patients with biopsy-proven pauci-immune necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis were id...