Author/Editor		Logar, D; Rozman, B; Vizjak, A; Ferluga, D; Mulder, AH; Kallenberg, CG
Title		Arteritis of both carotid arteries in a patient with focal, crescentic glomerulonephritis and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies
Type		članek
Source		Br J Rheumatol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 33, št. 2
Publication year		1994
Volume		str. 167-9
Language		eng
Abstract		We report a 32-yr-old woman who suffered a stroke as a consequence of arteritis of both internal carotid arteries confirmed by selective carotid arteriography. Laryngeal inflammation and kidney biopsy proven focal crescentic glomerulonephritis were also present in this patient. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies with specificity for proteinase 3 were detected in high titre during the active phase of the disease. This overlap syndrome with features indicating both Takayasu's arteritis and Wegener's granulomatosis suggests a common pathogenesis for these diseases.
Descriptors		ARTERITIS AUTOANTIBODIES CAROTID ARTERIES GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL ADULT ANGIOGRAPHY ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY ARTERITIS CAROTID ARTERIES GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL