Open AccessCHILDHOOD TYPE POLYMYOSITIS AND RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Author(s) -
Kamata Kohju,
Kobayashi Yutaka,
Shigematsu Hidekazu,
Saito Toyokazu
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1982.tb03194.x
Subject(s) - polymyositis , medicine , pathogenesis , lesion , pathological , glomerulonephritis , pathology , vasculitis , rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis , kidney , disease
A 21‐year‐old woman developed rapid muscle weakness and quickly deteriorating renal function. Pathological findings revealed prominent vasculitis in the muscle and crescentic glomerulonephritis. Combined steroid and heparin treatments could not prevent the development of the renal lesion, but the muscle involvement had soon improved. Although the pathogenesis remains unclear, immune complexes may be involved in this renal lesion.