Case Report
Predicament of classification: Multisystem small vessel vasculitis with cresentic Glomerulonephritis
Awad Magbri*, Shaukat Rashid and Balhinder Brar
Published: 09 April, 2018 | Volume 2 - Issue 1 | Pages: 001-005
The patient is a 28-year old Caucasian man with six month history of arthralgia and crampy abdominal pain who presented with acute dyspnea and cough for 6 months associated with migratory polyarthralgias involving his knees, ankles, wrists, and shoulders.
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DOI: 10.29328/journal.apcr.1001005
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Keywords:
Arthralgia; Vasculitis; Glomerulonephritis; Hematemesis; Polyneuritis multiplex; Anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA); Granulomatosis with poly-angiitis (GPA); Microscopic poly-angiitis (MPA); Renal limited vasculitis (RLV)
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