Justine Perrin, Julien Carvelli, Bertrand Gondouin, Laurent Daniel, Megan Fraisse, Céline Gaudon, Fouad Bouzana, Henri Vacher-Coponat, Julie Moussi-Francès, Bertrand Dussol, Noémie Jourde-Chiche
Renal involvement of systemic vasculitides is an emergency in nephrology. Although it has become very rare, the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa must be considered in some patients. A 70-year-old patient, previously healthy, presented with acute renal failure and malignant hypertension and abundant albuminuria. Subcutaneous nodule, orchitis and mononeuritis appeared subsequently. The search for auto-immunity or viral infection was negative. Markers of thrombotic microangiopathy, present initially, resolved after blood pressure control...
November 2016: Néphrologie & Thérapeutique