Pauci-immune

Pauci-immune (pauci- Latin: few, little) is a general term used to refer to a form of vasculitis that is associated with minimal evidence of hypersensitivity upon immunofluorescence and a lack of Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody.

In some cases, Pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis is a component of a systemic vasculitis such as Microscopic polyangiitis, Churg–Strauss syndrome or Granulomatosis with polyangiitis.^[2] In many cases however, it is limited to the kidney and is thus called idiopathic.

Peak incidences in 50 -60 year olds symptoms include; intermittent fever / weight loss / shortness of breath/ joint pain.

References

Pauci-immune	c-ANCA Granulomatosis with polyangiitis p-ANCA Churg-Strauss syndrome Microscopic polyangiitis

Type III hypersensitivity	Hypersensitivity vasculitis/Henoch–Schönlein purpura

Ungrouped	Acute hemorrhagic edema of infancy Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis Bullous small vessel vasculitis Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis

Other

Index of the circulatory system

Description	Anatomy Arteries head and neck arms chest abdomen legs Veins head and neck arms chest abdomen and pelvis legs Development Cells Physiology proteins

Disease	Congenital Neoplasms and cancer Lymphatic vessels Injury Vasculitis Other Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures Drugs beta blockers channel blockers diuretics nonsympatholytic vasodilatory antihypertensives peripheral vasodilators renin–angiotensin system sympatholytic antihypertensives vasoprotectives