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ACTA CLINICA BELGICA
Volume 72, Issue 5, Pages 313-317Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17843286.2016.1275374
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ANCA; non-identified; granulomatosis with polyangiitis; vasculitis; diagnosis; autoimmune
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Objective: Determine the frequency of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) associated with non-identified ANCA (non-MPO, non-PR3 ANCA) and secondarily compare their clinic with GPA associated with MPO-positive or PR3-positive ANCA. Methods: In a monocentric retrospective observational study, clinical data of 398 patients with non-identified ANCA (titer of ANCA at least 1/80 by immunofluorescence on ethanol fixed PMN) was gathered over a period of 6years. GPA patients from this population were compared with GPA patients with identified ANCA on the basis of clinical, biological, immunological and histological features. Results: The most common diseases associated with non-identified ANCA were inflammatory bowel diseases accounting for 17% of diseases. GPA accounted for only 1.8% of cases. There were no significant differences in terms of clinical and histological characteristics between GPA with non-identified ANCA and GPA with identified ANCA, but significantly higher CRP levels were observed in GPA patients with identified ANCA (p = 0.005). Localized disease (ear, nose and throat and/or lung involvement without any other systemic involvement) was more frequent in the group of GPA with nonidentified ANCA (p = 0.047) as compared to GPA with identified ANCA. This explains that the former group of patients was less frequently treated by cyclophosphamide than the latter (p = 0.016). Conclusion: GPA with non-MPO, non-PR3 ANCAs is relatively rare. Our study suggests that GPA with nonidentified ANCA differs from GPA with identified ANCA by the frequency of localized forms.
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