Myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis with a unique imaging presentation of organizing pneumonia: A case report

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) constitutes a group of blood vessel inflammation diseases of autoimmune origin. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) ANCA is closely related to ANCA associated AAV. The MPO-ANCA positive AAV patients have lung involvement at high rates; howeve...

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Main Authors: Kazufumi Takada, MD, Atsushi Miyamoto, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Nakahama, MD, Shuhei Moriguchi, MD, Yui Takahashi, MD, Kazumasa Ogawa, MD, Kyoko Murase, MD, Shigeo Hanada, MD, PhD, Nasa Morokawa, MD, PhD, Atsuko Kurosaki, MD, Takeshi Fujii, MD, PhD, Eiko Hasegawa, MD, Hisashi Takaya, MD, Daiya Takai, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007120305086