[A case of idiopathic pulmonary arteritis with positive anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies]. 1995

T Uchiyama, and K Shishihara, and N Tanabe, and K Katou, and K Tatsumi, and O Okada, and H Kimura, and K Nagao, and T Kuriyama
Department of Chest Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.

A 38-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for severe pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary arterial pressure 63/36 mmHg). Digital subtraction angiography showed complete obstruction of the right main pulmonary artery and severe stenosis of the left main pulmonary artery. Although there were no symptoms or signs of systemic arterial lesions, the initial diagnosis was aortitis syndrome with pulmonary arterial involvement, and prednisolone therapy was started (60 mg/day). Pulmonary arterial pressure decreased to 53/12 mmHg. At a dosage of 20 mg/day, however, multiple nodular shadows were present on the X-ray film of the chest, but they disappeared after the dosage was increased. The level of anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies in her serum changed at almost the same time as multiple nodular shadows appeared on the chest X-ray film. Because anti-MPO antibodies have been never detected in patients with aortitis syndrome, polyangitis overlap syndrome was suspected. However, we found no evidence of systemic vasculitis; that is, vasculitis in other organs, including the kidney and the skin. Therefore, we made a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary arteritis with positive anti-MPO antibodies.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009195 Peroxidase A hemeprotein from leukocytes. Deficiency of this enzyme leads to a hereditary disorder coupled with disseminated moniliasis. It catalyzes the conversion of a donor and peroxide to an oxidized donor and water. EC 1.11.1.7. Myeloperoxidase,Hemi-Myeloperoxidase,Hemi Myeloperoxidase
D011239 Prednisolone A glucocorticoid with the general properties of the corticosteroids. It is the drug of choice for all conditions in which routine systemic corticosteroid therapy is indicated, except adrenal deficiency states. Di-Adreson-F,Predate,Predonine,Di Adreson F,DiAdresonF
D011651 Pulmonary Artery The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001167 Arteritis INFLAMMATION of any ARTERIES. Arterial Inflammation,Arteritides,Inflammation, Arterial
D001323 Autoantibodies Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them. Autoantibody
D019268 Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies directed against cytoplasmic constituents of POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES and/or MONOCYTES. They are used as specific markers for GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS and other diseases, though their pathophysiological role is not clear. ANCA are routinely detected by indirect immunofluorescence with three different patterns: c-ANCA (cytoplasmic), p-ANCA (perinuclear), and atypical ANCA. ANCA,Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies,Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody,Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies,Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies,Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody,c-ANCA,p-ANCA,Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies,Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody,Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody,Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies,Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody,Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies,Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody,Antibody, Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic,Antibody, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic,Autoantibody, Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic,Autoantibody, Neutrophil Cytoplasmic,Cytoplasmic Antibody, Anti-Neutrophil,Cytoplasmic Antibody, Antineutrophil,Cytoplasmic Autoantibody, Anti-Neutrophil,Cytoplasmic Autoantibody, Neutrophil,c ANCA,p ANCA

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