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Hi everyone..
I had a quick question in case anyone had some insight to offer... In Polyarteritis Nodosa and Churg-Strauss Syndrome, you'll typically see an elevation of p-ANCA whereas in Wegener's Granulomatosis you'll see c-ANCA - am I right about this?
Specifically, I'm confused about the PAN and p-ANCA association.. Some places say the association is present. Other places say that p-ANCA is a USMLE buzzword for PAN and yet others (like First AID) only associate p-ANCA with microscopic polyangitis (not sure how this fits into this) Yet others say there is really no p-ANCA and PAN association...
The only part is seem to really get is treat all of these with steroids or cyclophosphamide, but I'm not really getting the diagnosis part - any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
I had a quick question in case anyone had some insight to offer... In Polyarteritis Nodosa and Churg-Strauss Syndrome, you'll typically see an elevation of p-ANCA whereas in Wegener's Granulomatosis you'll see c-ANCA - am I right about this?
Specifically, I'm confused about the PAN and p-ANCA association.. Some places say the association is present. Other places say that p-ANCA is a USMLE buzzword for PAN and yet others (like First AID) only associate p-ANCA with microscopic polyangitis (not sure how this fits into this) Yet others say there is really no p-ANCA and PAN association...
The only part is seem to really get is treat all of these with steroids or cyclophosphamide, but I'm not really getting the diagnosis part - any help would be appreciated
Thanks!