Clinical features of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies positive and negative eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
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(1. Department of Respiratory Diseases, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China;2. Department of Respiratory Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China)

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    Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare systemic vasculitis characterized by eosinophil-rich and necrotizing granulomatous inflammation in the peripheral blood and involved organs. According to whether antineutrophil cytoplasmic auto-antibodies (ANCA) can be detected in the serum of the patients or not, EGPA is assigned into ANCA-positive or -negative phenotypes. The ANCA-positive patients are prone to purpura, glomerulonephritis, peripheral neuropathy, and alveolar hemorrhage. Myocardial and lung involvement are more common in those with ANCA-negative. In this article, we reviewed the literatures concerning the differences in the clinical manifestations and involved organs between the ANCA-positive and -negative EGPA, and summarized their clinical characteristics.

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  • Received:November 23,2016
  • Revised:December 09,2016
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  • Online: May 21,2017
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