A case with drug-related ANCA-positive vasculitis
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Raziye Yazıcı 1 * , İbrahim Güney 1, Lütfullah Altıntepe 1, Ali Karagöz 2, Şevket Aslan 3
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1 Türkiye Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Konya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nefroloji Kliniği, Konya, Turkey
2 Sağlık Bakanlığı, Cihanbeyli Devlet Hastanesi, Konya, Turkey
3 Türkiye Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Konya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Allerji Kliniği, Konya, Turkey
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Abstract

Main causes of drug-related antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-positive vasculitis are antithyroid drugs. It is known that ANCA- positive vasculitis occurs after long term use of the drugs and develops in 4-6.5 percent of the patients. Herein, we present a female patient with propylthiouracil (PTU)-related ANCA- positive vasculitis, mimicking appendicitis and familial mediaterian fever (FMF), which developed after long-term drug usage.

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https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81884

Eur J Gen Med, 2017 - Volume 14 Issue 2, pp. 54-56

Publication date: 06 Apr 2017

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