About one-quarter of adults with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in which their lungs are affected have small airway disease (SAD), which targets the tiny airways in the lungs, according to a study in China. Younger age, the presence of clumps of inflammatory cells called granulomas in the lungs, and other…
Infliximab successfully led to the remission of respiratory symptoms in a 15-year-old boy with steroid-resistant granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), a type of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), according to a case report. More studies are needed to determine the treatment’s safety profile in children, the researchers noted. The report, “…
Classifying pulmonary manifestations in people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) with lung symptoms can help predict disease outcomes and determine which patients should receive more intensive treatment, a study from China suggests. For example, patients showing bleeding into the lungs (alveolar hemorrhage) in their computed tomography (CT) scan of the…
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