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- Title
Organizing pneumonia associated with myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.
- Authors
Shiro Imokawa; Masahiro Uehara; Tomohiro Uto; Jun Sato; Takafumi Suda
- Abstract
Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a clinicopathological entity that occurs idiopathically or in association with several conditions, but there are few reports about myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA)-associated OP.We describe a patient with OP whose clinical conditions improved spontaneously.Moreover, serum MPO-ANCA titers paralleled the clinical activity of the disease, which disappeared in association with disease quiescence. Based on these findings, a subset of patients may have OP related to MPO-ANCA. ANCA testing should be considered in the work-up of patients with suspected OP.
- Subjects
PNEUMONIA; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHILS; CELL membranes; BLOOD serum analysis
- Publication
Respirology Case Reports, 2015, Vol 3, Issue 4, p122
- ISSN
2051-3380
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1002/rcr2.123