Microscopic polyangiitis in a pregnant woman.
Patients who have vasculitis in pregnancy generally have a grim prognosis. Vasculitis occurring during pregnancy may have a more aggressive course and require more aggressive treatment than vasculitis occurring at other times. A 29-year-old woman who presented in the 16th week of her third intrauterine pregnancy was diagnosed as having active microscopic polyangiitis. Therapy consisting of high-dose methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide was instituted, but the patient died of pulmonary infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Cetinkaya
Ramazan
R
Department of Nephrology, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
Odabas
Ali Riza
AR
Gursan
Nesrin
N
Selcuk
Yilmaz
Y
Erdogan
Fazli
F
Keles
Muzaffer
M
Kumtepe
Yakup
Y
D000328:Adult; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D008775:Methylprednisolone