Microscopic polyangiitis presented with polyneuropathy of lower extremities and ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis: Case Report

Authors

  • Senija Rašić Clinic of Nephrology, Clinical Centre University Sarajevo
  • Jasminka Džemidžić Clinic of Nephrology, Clinical Centre University Sarajevo
  • Zinaida Karasalihović Department of Pathology, Polyclinic of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Clinical Center Tuzla
  • Vedad Herenda Clinic of Nephrology, Clinical Centre University Sarajevo
  • Damir Rebić Clinic of Nephrology, Clinical Centre University Sarajevo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17305/bjbms.2012.2535

Keywords:

glomerulonephritis, polyneuropathia, ANCA-antibodies, microscopic polyangiitis

Abstract

We present the case of a 67-year-old female patient with microscopic polyangiitis presented with polyneuropathy of lower extremities and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Disease had started as a pain and weakening of muscular strength first in the left and than in the right leg. Electromiography has shown that a mainly dominant neurological affection was paresis of peroneal nerve in both lower extremities. In laboratory examination the titer of anti-myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies (p-ANCA) was elevated. Due to renal involvement presented as a microscopic haematuria and decreasing of renal function, patient undergone kidney biopsy. It confirmed the immune vasculitis microscopic polyangiitis type with ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis. This is one of rare case of microscopic polyangiitis without lung simptomatology, first presented with asymmetrical polineuropathy of lower extremities. The patient was treated with methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide in dosis adjusted to the level of disease severity and the renal function (methylprednisolone 1 mg/kg of body weight for two months with gradually tapering to the minimum effective dose and cyclophosphamide 1 mg/kg of body weight). This treatment lead to the partial remission of disease. In maintenance therapy azathioprin was introduced instead of cyclophosphamide.

Microscopic polyangiitis presented with polyneuropathy of lower extremities and ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis: Case Report

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20-02-2012

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Microscopic polyangiitis presented with polyneuropathy of lower extremities and ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis: Case Report. Biomol Biomed [Internet]. 2012 Feb. 20 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];12(1):55-8. Available from: https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/2535