Coexisting IgA nephropathy and leukocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis associated with ankylosing spondylitis: a case report |
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Authors: | CM Hsu SY Kuo SJ Chu TY Shih A Chen GS Huang DM Chang |
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Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
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Abstract: | A patient with ankylosing spondylitis and coexisting IgA nephropathy and leukocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis is described. Renal biopsy demonstrated mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with prominent IgA, C3 and fibrin deposition in the glomeruli. Simultaneously, leukocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis with prominent IgG, IgA and C3 deposition of dermal vessel wall was also observed in the skin biopsy specimen. Such associations have been previously reported in only four cases. This report once again indicates that antigenic mucosal stimulation may play an important role in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis. |
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