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Table 2 The diagnostic criteria in our patient

From: Vascular thromboses with retroperitoneal fibrosis: a case report

Diagnostic criteria

Arguments

Clinical

Lung: chest pain with hemoptoic sputum, bilateral nodular excavated lung lesions

Kidney: microscopic hematuria, positive urine sediment, 24-hour proteinuria

ENT: dysphonia, epistaxis, left ear deafness, subglottic stenosis on nasofibroscopy, perforation of the medial sinus wall

Ophthalmic: red eyes, bilateral episcleritis

Cardiovascular involvement: multiple thrombosis, circumferential pericardial effusion

Lumbar: lumbago, retroperitoneal fibrosis

Biology

Anticytoplasmic neutrophil antibodies ANCA-PR3 positive at 63 IU/mL

Histology

Biopsies not done because of the therapeutic emergency and the impossibility of stopping the anticoagulant treatment

  1. ENT: Eyes, Nose, Throat; ANCA-PR3: anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies proteinase 3