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Pre-existing chronic interstitial pneumonia is a poor prognostic factor of Goodpasture’s syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Goodpasture’s syndrome is a rare disease that is characterized by rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. Case presentation A 71-year-old Japanese man who had chronic interstitial pneumonia was diagnosed as ...
Hiroki Tashiro, Koichiro Takahashi, Yuki Ikeda, Saori Uchiumi, Makoto Fukuda, Miyazono Motoaki, Shinya Kimura, Naoko Sueoka-Aragane   +7 more
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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis: two case reports and review of literature

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2012
Background Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies are typically detected in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis, but are also present in a number of chronic inflammatory non-vasculitic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.
Spoerl David, Pers Yves-Marie, Jorgensen Christian   +2 more
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A case of Sjögren syndrome and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

Reumatismo, 2023
Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a rare disease with the highest reported prevalence of 0.01-0.09%. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is another rare auto-immune disease (prevalence of 0.0009-0.01%).
K. Kaynar, B. Güvercin, A. Şengör, S. Mungan   +3 more
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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated paraneoplastic vasculitis [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1994
Summary A 68 year old man presented with a systemic necrotizing vasculitis and elevated levels of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) which responded to treatment with steroids and cyclophosphamide, with a decrease in the titre of ANCA until its disappearance.
J F, Navarro, C, Quereda, M, Rivera, F J, Navarro, J, Ortuño   +4 more
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A Challenging Twist in Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2014
Case. We report a rare case of hydralazine-induced anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. A 75-year-old African American woman with history of high blood pressure on hydralazine for 3 years presented with acute onset of shortness of ...
Rajaie Namas, Bernard Rubin, Wamidh Adwar, Alireza Meysami   +3 more
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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 1991
SUMMARYAnti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA) occur occasionally in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but their incidence and clinical significance have been unclear. In this study we have investigated 58 patients with RA. In 22 patients the disease was inactive and the remaining 36 with active disease were further subdivided into those without clinical ...
J A, Savige, M C, Gallicchio, A, Stockman, T J, Cunningham, M J, Rowley, T, Georgiou, D, Davies   +6 more
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Uveitis and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies

Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 1994
SUMMARY Serum samples of 485 uveitis patients were screened for the presence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies using a standardized immunofluorescence test (IIF) on neutrophil granulocytes. Seventeen of these sera contained cytoplasmic (C)-ANCA antibodies, while two of the sera contained perinuclear (P)-ANCA antibodies (both ...
E C, Hagen, H, van de Vijver-Reenalda, R J, de Keizer, A, Kijlstra, L A, van Es, M R, Daha, F J, van der Woude   +6 more
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Case for diagnosis. Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis (anti-proteinase 3 positive), fever, hemoptysis, and lung cavitation in an adult, [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Small vessel vasculitis with anti-proteinase antibodies 3 is an atypical clinical presentation of tuberculosis. The authors present the case of a 47-year-old male patient, with palpable purpura and palmoplantar hemorrhagic blisters, with subsequent ...
Luana Moraes Campos, Mariana Righetto de Ré, Priscila Neri Lacerda, Hélio Amante Miot   +3 more
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Predictors of renal outcomes in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody glomerulonephritis

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2020
Glomerulonephritis associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) vasculitis still has a high prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), particularly in patients with advanced renal failure at presentation. This study aims to evaluate the
Hela Jebali, Meriem Khadhar, Ikram Mami, Soumaya Beji, Meriem Sellami, Mohaned Hassen, Fethi Ben Hmida, Mohamed Chermiti, Hiba Ghabi, Thouraya Ben Salem, Hbib Houman, Lamia Raies, Mohamed Karim Zouaghi   +12 more
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Role of complement activation in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated glomerulonephritis

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is an autoimmune disease characterized by necrotizing inflammation of small or medium vessels, causing ANCA associated glomerulonephritis (AAGN).
Tadasu Kojima, Takashi Oda
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