Cutaneous vasculitis (CV) is a term used for inflammation ... P-ANCA positive with perinuclear pattern (anti-myeloperoxidase [MPO]). He is negative for C-ANCA antibodies (serine proteinase-3 ...

A significant percentage of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) demonstrate coronary artery calcification (CAC) on imaging, with variations by ANCA ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is commonly associated with systemic complications, such as vasculitis. Therefore ... ANCA was most frequently detected (45%), followed by myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA (42%). Given ...

Today, the most appropriate way to detect the presence of vasculitis-associated ANCA is by using immunofluorescence testing together with PR3-ANCA and MPO-ANCA ELISAs. The answer to problems ...

Vasculitis in pregnancy is probably underdiagnosed and under-reported; cases of vasculitis are rare and so disease flares may not always be recognized by a general clinician. Preconceptual ...