IgA nephropathy in a patient with ulcerative colitis, Graves' disease and positive myeloperoxidase ANCA

Clin Nephrol. 2012 Feb;77(2):146-50. doi: 10.5414/CN106770.

Abstract

We report a case of a 38-year old woman with a history of ulcerative colitis and Graves' disease who presented with pyoderma gangrenosum, microscopic hematuria, proteinuria, and positive myeloperoxidase ANCA. A renal biopsy revealed a focal proliferative glomerulonephritis with IgA deposits. All these manifestations are likely secondary to ulcerative colitis or to a common pathogenetic mechanism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / analysis*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
  • Female
  • Glomerulonephritis, IGA / etiology*
  • Graves Disease / complications*
  • Humans
  • Peroxidase / analysis*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Peroxidase