Clinical study of renal impairment in patients with propylthiouracil-induced small-vessel vasculitis and patients with primary ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis

Cao,Xiaozhi; Lin,Weiyuan

doi:10.3892/etm.2013.1065

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Clinical study of renal impairment in patients with propylthiouracil-induced small-vessel vasculitis and patients with primary ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis

Authors:
- Xiaozhi Cao
- Weiyuan Lin
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Affiliations: Department of Cardiology, Fuzhou General Hospital, Nanjing Command, PLA, Fuzhou 350025, P.R. China, Renal Department of Internal Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou 362000, P.R. China
Pages: 1619-1622
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Published online on: April 15, 2013

https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1065
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare renal impairment in patients with propylthiouracil (PTU)‑induced small-vessel vasculitis and patients with primary anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-induced small-vessel vasculitis. The study compared the pathology and clinical conditions of 10 patients with PTU-associated small-vessel vasculitis and 18 patients with primary ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis. All patients showed manifestations of renal impairment. Compared with the primary ANCA‑induced small-vessel vasculitis, patients with PTU‑induced small-vessel vasculitis were mostly female (P<0.05) and deleloped the disease at a younger age (P<0.05). They had a higher positive rate of perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (p-ANCA; P<0.05), lower 24 h proteinuria content, lower serum creatinine (P<0.05) and milder histopathological lesions (P<0.05). A number of them had gross hematuria (P<0.05). They rarely used hormone and cytotoxic drugs (P<0.05) during treatment and had a better prognosis (P<0.05). In conclusion, PTU‑induced small-vessel vasculitis has a milder pathology and clinical manifestations with a better prognosis.

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Clinical study of renal impairment in patients with propylthiouracil-induced small-vessel vasculitis and patients with primary ANCA-associated small-vessel vasculitis

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