RESUMEN
A 73-year-old man, who had an allergy to shellfish, was admitted to our hospital because of proteinuria, hematuria, purpura and extremity edema after eating oysters. Laboratory data on admission were proteinuria 2.0 g/day, hematuria 3+, serum creatinine (Cr) 1.2 mg/dl, total protein 6.3 g/dl, and albumin 3.1 g/dl. He presented a high fever with neutrophilia and rapid deterioration of renal function after admission. Based on the skin biopsy, we made a diagnosis of leukocytoclastic vasculitis with IgA deposition. Oral prednisolone (40 mg/day) following drip intravenous methylprednisolone (500 mg/day, 3 days) was administered. However, renal function and urinary findings showed no sign of improvement. In the first renal biopsy, although there were no crescentic formations, most of the glomeruli showed thrombotic microangiopathy and endocapillary proliferation with IgA deposition and electron dense deposits. Therefore, a plasma exchange was performed resulting in an improvement of the renal function. The serum Cr. level was reduced from 2.7 to 0.8 mg/dl and proteinuria from 3.7 to 0.1 g/day. In the second biopsy, the electron dense deposits with an IgA deposition had disappeared. These findings suggested that plasma exchange was effective in leading remission in a case of allergic purpura nephritis associated with thrombotic microangiopathy.
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Hipersensibilidad a los Alimentos/complicaciones , Vasculitis por IgA/etiología , Vasculitis por IgA/terapia , Nefritis/etiología , Nefritis/terapia , Ostreidae , Intercambio Plasmático , Mariscos/efectos adversos , Trombosis/etiología , Anciano , Animales , Humanos , Vasculitis por IgA/patología , Riñón/patología , Masculino , Metilprednisolona/administración & dosificación , Microcirculación/patología , Nefritis/patología , Prednisolona/administración & dosificación , Piel/irrigación sanguínea , Piel/patología , Trombosis/terapia , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Constrictive remodeling occurs in significant atherosclerotic lesions of the diabetic patient, but the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on the angiographically normal coronary artery is still unclear. Morphometric analysis using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) prior to intervention evaluated 54 sites in 33 DM patients and 106 in 62 non-diabetic patients. Vessel area (VA) and lumen area (LA) were measured at angiographically normal sites in the vessel. Plaque area (PA) was calculated as VA - LA. Percentage plaque area (%PA) was calculated as PA VA. Even in the angiographically normal site, mild coronary atherosclerosis was detected by IVUS in both groups. In the patients with DM, VA and LA were significantly smaller than in the non-diabetic patient (15.5 vs 17.8 mm(2), p<0.01; and 10.1 vs 12.2 mm(2), p<0.01 respectively), whereas % PA was similar (34.5 vs 31.6%). At angiographically normal sites where mild coronary atherosclerosis is detected by IVUS, the coronary artery of diabetic patients is smaller than that of the non-diabetic. These results suggest impaired compensatory enlargement or some other constrictive mechanism has already occurred in the early stages of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with DM.