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Primed Mycobacterial Uveitis (PMU) as a Model for Post-Infectious Uveitis
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Propylthiouracil (PTU)-induced vasculitis associated with antineutrophil antibody against myeloperoxidase (MPO-ANCA)
Yoshitaka Nakamori1, Takayuki Tominaga, Yasushi Inoue
1Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Yamaguchi Prefecture Central Hospital, Hofu 747-8511.
Internal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
|July 15, 2003
Abstract:
A 54-year-old woman had been administered propylthiouracil (PTU) for Graves' disease for 4 years. Recently, she complained of hemoptysis due to pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage causing anemia, and also had microhematuria. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody against myeloperoxidase (MPO-ANCA) was positive, and she was diagnosed with PTU-induced vasculitis. Cessation of PTU and the administration of corticosteroids ameliorated these manifestations.

