Microscopic polyangiitis
Keywords:
vasculitis, pulmonary and renal syndrome-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA).Abstract
Microscopic polyangiitis is an idiopathic autoimmune disease characterized by systemic necrotizing vasculitis, nongranulomatous of small or medium vessels associated with the presence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (Anti -Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies, ANCA) with renal and lung tropism.
This is a case report of a patient of 28 years with poly-arthralgia, asthenia, adynamia and ulcers on the hands and legs of three months of evolution.
The histopathological examination revealed leukocytoclastic vasculitis and p-ANCA positive. Microscopic polyangiitis was diagnosed and was treated with oral steroids at a dose of 1 mg / kg.
Author Biographies
Arturo César Argote
Médico dermatólogo; profesor, Fundación Universitaria Ciencias de la Salud, Hospital San José: jefe, Servicio de Dermatología, Clínica Reina Sofía, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Itala Merlano2
Médica, residente de Dermatología, Fundación Universitaria Ciencias de la Salud, Hospital San José, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
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