Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting with Splenic Infarction: A Case Report
Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). The splenic involvement in AAV is known to be rare, and that in MPA has not been reported to date. A 74-year-old woman was admitted owing to left arm numbness and weakness. The patient was d...
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| description | Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). The splenic involvement in AAV is known to be rare, and that in MPA has not been reported to date. A 74-year-old woman was admitted owing to left arm numbness and weakness. The patient was diagnosed as MPA with vasculitic neuropathy. Her abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed splenic infarction incidentally. The splenic infarction had been resolved at follow-up CT after treatment. If splenic involvement of MPA was not considered, treatment may have been delayed in order to differentiate other diseases. Herein, I report the first case of splenic involvement of MPA. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1accf20716524b2bb502c23ab3cc78a92023-09-03T04:17:38ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X2021-02-015715715710.3390/medicina57020157Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting with Splenic Infarction: A Case ReportSang Wan Chung0Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, KoreaMicroscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). The splenic involvement in AAV is known to be rare, and that in MPA has not been reported to date. A 74-year-old woman was admitted owing to left arm numbness and weakness. The patient was diagnosed as MPA with vasculitic neuropathy. Her abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed splenic infarction incidentally. The splenic infarction had been resolved at follow-up CT after treatment. If splenic involvement of MPA was not considered, treatment may have been delayed in order to differentiate other diseases. Herein, I report the first case of splenic involvement of MPA.https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/57/2/157ANCA-associated vasculitissplenic infarctionMPA |
| spellingShingle | Sang Wan Chung Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting with Splenic Infarction: A Case Report Medicina ANCA-associated vasculitis splenic infarction MPA |
| title | Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting with Splenic Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_full | Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting with Splenic Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting with Splenic Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting with Splenic Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_short | Microscopic Polyangiitis Presenting with Splenic Infarction: A Case Report |
| title_sort | microscopic polyangiitis presenting with splenic infarction a case report |
| topic | ANCA-associated vasculitis splenic infarction MPA |
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