title: Microscopic polyangiitis with ocular manifestations as the initial presenting sign.
abstract: Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) rarely affects ocular small vessels, in contrast to the pulmonary and/or renal vasculature of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. This report focuses on a 60-year-old woman who had MPA with ocular manifestations as the initial clinical symptom, which were improved by steroid administration. This case report provides an insight for early diagnosis of eye lesions in patients with MPA to prevent the development of both ocular and life-threatening organ damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama City Hospital, Toyama, Japan. a_hara0809@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torisaki
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaneko
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008875:Middle Aged; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*