Case Report
Successful Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis with Anticentriole Antibody
Table 2
Data about anticentriole antibody positive patients from previous reports Ref [
15,
30–
32,
34–
37].
| | The feature of anticentriole antibody positive cases from previous reports | | Total 16 cases n (%) | Positive | Negative | Not described | P/P + N (%) |
| | Sex (female) | 11 (69) | 0 (0) | 5 (31) | 100 | | Raynaud’s phenomenon | 14 (88) | 0 (0) | 2 (12) | 100 | | Digital sclerosis | 9 (56) | 4 (25) | 3 (19) | 69 | | Systemic sclerosis | 4 (25) | 9 (56) | 3 (19) | 31 | | Digital ulcer | 6 (38) | 1 (6) | 9 (56) | 86 | | Interstitial pneumonia | 4 (25) | 6 (38) | 6 (38) | 40 | | Reflux esophagitis | 5 (31) | 6 (38) | 5 (31) | 45 | | Telangiectasia | 5 (31) | 5 (31) | 6 (38) | 50 | | Renal crisis | 0 (0) | 8 (50) | 8 (50) | 0 | | Pulmonary hypertension | 5 (31) | 2 (12) | 9 (56) | 71 |
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