Adult-onset perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive Henoch-Schönlein purpura in diabetic nephropathy.

We present a case of an adult patient with diabetic nephropathy and superimposed HSP, which resulted in acute renal failure. Perinuclear-pattern ANCA was detected in the acute phase of HSP but disappeared when the disease resolved. Further, we have reviewed ANCA-positive HSP in this article.
PMID: 19229833 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)