Review Article

Vasculitis in Systemic Sclerosis

Table 3

Eleven new cases of ANCA-associated vasculitis in SSc.

CaseAge/SexSSc (yrs)SSc to
AAV (yrs)
SSc typeUse of
D-penicillamine
RenalPulm fibrosisANAScl-70MPO

Marlier et al. [48]62/M55LYesCGNNo??+
Martínez Ara et al. [49]63/F22?NoCGNNo1 : 640++
Herrera-Esparza et al. [50]60/M23LNoCGNNo1 : 2560?+
Hidalgo-Tenorio et al. [51]48/F11.5DNoNoneYes1 : 320Neg+
71/F??LNoNoneNo1 : 320Neg+
Kamen et al. [52]45/M0.420.42DNoCGNNo1 : 2560++
19/M55DYesCGNNo1 : 2560++
60/F88DNoCGNNo?++
Arnaud et al. [53]46/F105.75DYesCGNYes>1 : 1000++
Ramaswami et al. [54]52/F?0.83DNoCGNNo1 : 640??
Veetil and Schimmer [55]62/F77DYesCGNNo??+

Note: All but Ramaswami had positive MPO, and none had PR3. SSc = Systemic sclerosis; L = Limited; D = Diffuse; CGN = crescentic glomerulonephritis; ? = unknown.