Abstract
Systemic hypersensitivity vasculitis developed in a 53-year-old man during acute exacerbation of bronchiectasis infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. High grade fever, mononeuropathy multiplex, cutaneous vasculitis, and biopsy specimen-proved mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis with crescent formation and leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with circulating immune complex occurred. Corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide therapy was effective for vasculitis and bronchiectasis.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Biopsy
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Bronchiectasis / complications*
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Bronchiectasis / pathology
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Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / etiology
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Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / pathology
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Haemophilus Infections / etiology
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Haemophilus Infections / pathology
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Haemophilus influenzae
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Humans
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Immune Complex Diseases / etiology
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Immune Complex Diseases / pathology
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Kidney / pathology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pseudomonas Infections / etiology
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Pseudomonas Infections / pathology
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Skin / pathology
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Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / etiology*
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Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / pathology