Polyarteritis nodosa with bilateral ureteric involvement.
Renal insufficiency in necrotizing vasculitis is usually the result of parenchymal damage. A case of polyarteritis nodosa presenting obstructive nephropathy with bilateral ureteric stenosis is reported. The role of the concurrent crescentic glomerulonephritis in the mechanism of renal failure is discussed.
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014513:Ureter / Q000098:blood supply; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology