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Case Report

Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome related to ANCA-associated vasculitis

Mitsuhiro Abe  Kenji Tsushima  Keiko Yamamoto  Masaki Suga  Jiro Terada  Koichiro Tatsumi 

Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

ABSTRACT

A 41-year-old female with progressive dyspnea was admitted to Chiba University Hospital. Pulmonary function tests showed she had significant obstructive ventilatory impairment. Chest high-resolution CT showed mosaic shadow by air trapping, and serum MPO-ANCA (myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody) was high (133 U/ml). Moreover, transbronchial lung biopsy revealed hemosiderin-laden alveolar macrophages and granuloma in alveolar space and capillaritis accompanied with deposition of fibrin. She was suspected to be suffering from bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) by ANCA-associated vasculitis. Dyspnea, MPO-ANCA, and were improved by the administration of glucocorticoids and immunosuppressant, but FEV1 was not improved. BO by ANCA-associated vasculitis without other organ dysfunctions was a rare case.

KEYWORDS

Bronchiolitis obliterans  ANCA-associated vasculitis 

Received 19 Dec 2015 / Accepted 17 Mar 2016

AJRS, 5(4): 217-221, 2016

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