Microscopic polyangiitis histologically confirmed by biopsy from nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses: A case report

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 936-938

  Kokan, Norio ^a,b   Hosomi, Yoshikazu ^a   Inamoto, Shinya ^a   Ohnishi, Kazuo ^a   Tanimoto, Hitoshi ^b   Nibu, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a KOBE ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Microscopic polyangiitis; Nasal cavity; Paranasal sinuses; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; NITROGEN; PREDNISONE; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETHMOIDECTOMY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE POLYP; PARANASAL SINUS; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL POLYPS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PREDNISONE; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33745492912     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0127-2     Document Type: Article

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