12th International Vasculitis and ANCA Workshop

Meeting report What is new in systemic vasculitis?

From 12 to 15 April 2000 the 9th International Vasculitis/ ANCA Workshop was held at the University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. This series of workshops started as an informal ANCA directed workshop in 1989 in Copenhagen and has grown into an international meeting dealing with the whole spectrum of primary systemic vasculitides, including ANCA associated vasculitis. The present worksho...

Meeting report What is new in systemic vasculitis?

From 12 to 15 April 2000 the 9th International Vasculitis/ ANCA Workshop was held at the University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. This series of workshops started as an informal ANCA directed workshop in 1989 in Copenhagen and has grown into an international meeting dealing with the whole spectrum of primary systemic vasculitides, including ANCA associated vasculitis. The present worksho...

C-ANCA Positive Vasculitis in a Case of Amyloidosis

Differentiation of Cocaine-Induced Midline Destructive Lesions from ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

Introduction: Cocaine-induced midline destructive lesions (CIMDL) are complications of regular nasal cocaine inhalation. CIMDL can mimic systemic diseases with positive anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA).   Case Report: In this article, we describe the case of a young woman who presented with nasal perforation induced by cocaine, al...

Infective endocarditis mimics ANCA associated glomerulonephritis

Background: Sub-acute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) rarely presents with features of a small vessel vasculitis. Patients with SBE can also develop multiple serological abnormalities including ANCA. In this report, we present a case of infective endocarditis mimicked ANCA associated glomerulonephritis.Case presentation: A 57-year old male with a clinical picture of rapidly progressive renal failu...