Abstract:GPA is a systemic, necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis associated with circulating anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA), and so called ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). A white woman in her early thirties, was sent to hospital because of hemoptysis, dyspnea, fever, cough, general fatigue, swollen joints. Chest radiography on hospital admission detected diffuse small nodules in both lungs. Laboratory tests: white blood cells 13.9…16.7…18.2×10 9 /L, hemoglobin 91…80…110g/L, hematocrit 30…25..35%, e… Show more
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