ANCA-associated vasculitis with dual ANCA positivity in coexistence with mixed connective tissue disease

Abstract

We here report a rare case of dual antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in a 38-year-old Japanese woman previously diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease. The patient was found to be positive for myeloperoxidase- and proteinase 3-ANCA, and was diagnosed with AAV following admission to hospital with fervescence, polyarthralgia, purpura, and asymmetric numbness of the extremities. Examination of her genetic background revealed that she carried HLA-DR9, which confers risk of both diseases in Japanese populations.

Keywords::

• Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
• HLA-DRB1*09:01
• Microscopic polyangiitis
• Mixed connective tissue disease