A child with panniculitis and microhaematuria/proteinuria--an unusual presentation of p-ANCA-positive vasculitis

A child with panniculitis and microhaematuria/proteinuria--an unusual presentation of p-ANCA-positive vasculitis.

This 12-year-old girl was first referred to the paediatric nephrological outpatient clinic in January 1994, for the investigation of acute renal failure. The patient is the older child (she has a younger healthy brother) of Introduction non-consanguineous parents of Iraqi origin. Her maternal grandmother is on maintenance haemodialysis due to end-stage renal disease of unknown Panniculitis is d...

Case report An unusual presentation of C-ANCA vasculitis

A 54-year-old woman presented to casualty with left arm weakness, having had a preceding transient ischaemic episode in the same area and generalized flu-like symptoms a few days before admission. She had no traditional risk factors for vascular disease other than being an ex-smoker. Her National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 2 and an initial computerized tomography (CT) a...

C-ANCA Positive Vasculitis in a Case of Amyloidosis

An Unusual Presentation of Mesenteric Panniculitis

Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare disorder characterized by a tumor-like expansion of the mesentery due to variable degrees of fat necrosis, chronic inflammation and fibrosis. Its pathophysiology remains unclear despite the description of associations with inflammatory disorders or malignancies, especially lymphomas. The disease remains asymptomatic in 30-50% of cases, and the most common clini...

Goodpasture's Syndrome and p-ANCA Associated Vasculitis in a Patient of Silicosiderosis: An Unusual Association

Introduction. Goodpasture's syndrome is a rare clinical entity and is characterized by circulating autoantibodies which are principally directed against the glomerular/alveolar basement membrane. The etiology of Goodpasture's syndrome is still unknown. Lung involvement occurs as a result of lung injury and the exposure of new epitopes to the immune system. Recently, several studies have suggest...