ANCA Vasculitis Diasgnosis

Apparently a skin biopsy can confirm the diagnosis in up to 94% of ANCA Associated Vasculitis cases, but it’s only performed in LESS THAN HALF (24%-44%) of cases. I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather have a skin biopsy than a lung or kidney biopsy!

An additional finding was that skin lesions can give clues to severity of vasculitis. Among 1,184 patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis, those with skin involvement were more likely to have systemic manifestations of disease, more likely to have such severe manifestations as kidney, lung, and nervous system issues.

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This is something I have NOT been hearing most of you talk about. Did you have a skin biopsy? I had a rash, but we didn’t biopsy it. I never had any biopsies.