Scleroderma, D-penicillamine treatment, and progressive renal failure associated with positive antimyeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
1997
Progressive renal failure in patients with scleroderma is a sinister development that is usually attributed to impaired renal blood flow. In some exceptional cases, the underlying pathology is a crescentic glomerulonephritis, which has been associated with positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, and in particular antimyeloperoxidase antibodies. The prognosis in such cases has been very poor. We report such a patient whose renal function has improved and stabilized on immunosuppressive therapy.
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