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ANCA-associated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage due to benzylthiouracil
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ANCA-associated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage due to benzylthiouracil

Farah Thabet, Rim Sghiri, Brahim Tabarki, Ibtissem Ghedira, Moncef Yacoub and Ahmed Sahloul Essoussi
European journal of pediatrics, Vol.165(7), pp.435-436
01/07/2006
PMID: 16622664

Abstract

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic - immunology Child Female Graves Disease - drug therapy Hemorrhage - chemically induced Hemorrhage - immunology Humans Lung Diseases - chemically induced Lung Diseases - immunology Thiouracil - adverse effects Thiouracil - analogs & derivatives Thiouracil - therapeutic use Vasculitis - chemically induced Vasculitis - immunology
Benzylthiouracil has been recently observed to be associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive vasculitis, resulting in crescentic glomerulonephritis. We report an 8-year-old girl treated with benzylthiouracil for Graves's disease who developed an ANCA-positive vasculitis with pulmonary hemorrhage. She responded to corticosteroids and discontinuation of benzylthiouracil. This represents the first pediatric case of benzylthiouracil-induced diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.

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