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    Rheumatol Int. 2006 Mar;26(5):465-8. Epub 2005 Jul 13.

    Scleroderma associated with ANCA-associated vasculitis.

    Rho YH, Choi SJ, Lee YH, Ji JD, Song GG.

    Division of Rheumatology, Korea University Anam Hospital, 126-1, 5-ka Anam-dong, Seongbuk-Ku, Seoul, Korea, 136-705.

    Scleroderma and ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV), such as microscopic polyangiitis, are distinct disease entities, but are rarely known to coexist with each other. We have reported on two cases of scleroderma patients for the first time in Korea, and these patients were initially known to have only limited type scleroderma with pulmonary fibrosis, but eventually they were found to be ANCA-positive with the associated clinical features of vasculitis. Both were treated with high-dose steroids and cyclophosphamide and remitted without major sequelae. When scleroderma patients exhibit atypical features such as normotensive renal failure with signs of active inflammation, the possibility of AAV should always be considered.

    PMID: 16012875 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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