Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 33-35, April 2006

Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody

Department of Nephrology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan

Article Outline

We present a case of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis that developed in a 77-year-old woman who had a high titer of myeloperoxidase (MPO)-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA). The constellation of clinical, laboratory and histopathologic findings suggested idiopathic acute tubulointerstitial nephritis. Of interest, no drugs were found to be responsible. Therefore, MPO-ANCA itself might play a causative role in the development of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis.

Key words:  ANCA , antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody , tubulointerstitial nephritis

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PII: S1561-5413(09)60227-1

doi:10.1016/S1561-5413(09)60227-1

Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 33-35, April 2006

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