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Published on: June 23, 2014
Anti-myeloperoxidase antibody positivity in patients without primary systemic vasculitis
Marilina Antonelou1, Lara Perea Ortega1, Jennifer Harvey2
1UCL Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
Objectives:
We aimed to elucidate the frequency and associations of MPO-ANCA positivity in patients without ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), in a large urban, multi-ethnic teaching hospital.
Methods:
Retrospective review of 200 patients identified as MPO-ANCA positive over a five-year period at Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
Results:
The incidence of anti-MPO positivity in patients without AAV was 39.5%. Gastrointestinal tract disorders, infections and other connective tissue disorders made up the majority of diagnoses, and there was a higher incidence of other concomitant autoantibodies compared to the group with known AAV. Renal disease was common in non-vasculitic patients with anti-MPO antibody positivity (occurring in 48%), the majority of whom went on to renal biopsy to exclude vasculitic involvement.
Conclusions:
The high incidence of MPO-ANCA positivity in patients with non-vasculitic conditions highlights the need for careful clinical correlation and confirmatory tissue diagnosis.
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