Successful treatment for life threatening recurrent non-traumatic rectus sheath hematoma in a case with microscopic polyangiitis with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

• Published in: Internal Medicine p. 3239-23
• Main Authors: Nakanoh, Hiroyuki, Takeuchi, Hidemi, Shiho, Morimoto, Terajima, Yuya, Okamoto, Shugo, Onishi, Yasuhiro, Tanaka, Keiko, Katsuyama, Takayuki, Tsuji, Kenji, Matsumoto, Yoshinori, Tanabe, Katsuyuki, Morinaga, Hiroshi, Uka, Mayu, Tomita, Koji, Uchida, Haruhito A., Hiraki, Takao, Wada, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2024
• Subjects: hemodialysis; microscopic polyangiitis; rectus sheath hematoma; hemodialysis; microscopic polyangiitis; rectus sheath hematoma

A 68-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of a rapid progression of renal dysfunction with positive myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody and was diagnosed with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis associated with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). Severe right rectus she...