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ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A group of necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without immune complex deposition. Complement levels are normal due
ANCA-Associated ... Vasculitis A group ... , small-vessel vasculitis ... Includes granulomatosis ... PR3 #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
) • Systemic lupus ... Vasculitis: • ... + 90% • Granulomatosis ... Renal-limited vasculitis ... antibodies #diagnosis #rheumatology
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
There are many definitions, but most come down to the presence of granulomas (pathologically or
ANCA-Associated ... Vasculitis There ... StanfordChiefs #ANCA ... #Vasculitis #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #rheumatology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
granulomatosis ... polyangiitis, Granulomatosis ... vasculitis, Behcet ... Complex: Systemic lupus ... testing: anti-ANCA
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) - ANCA Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021
Granulomatosis with ... Polyangiitis (MPA) - ANCA ... Vasculitis Management ... Polyangiitis #MPA #ANCA ... #Treatment #ACR2021
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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glomerulonephritis - Granulomatous ... inflammation Others: • Lupus ... (Granulomatous ... such as systemic lupus ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) - ANCA Vasculitis Management Algorithm - ACR/VF 2021 Guidelines
 • Active
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis ... Polyangiitis (EGPA) - ANCA ... Vasculitis Management ... #Polyangiitis #ANCA ... #Treatment #ACR2021
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Lupus (SLE): ... glycoprotein I (ß2GP), Lupus ... Polymerase Ill • ANCA ... Vasculitis: P-ANCA ... perinuclear), C-ANCA
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Vasculitis of ... small vessels - ANCA-associated ... - Wegener granulomatosis ... - systemic lupus ... Vessels #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Graves' disease c-ANCA ... - Vasculitis, e.g ... Wegener's granulomatosis ... p-ANCA - Vasculitis ... diagnosis #table #rheumatology