Otolaryngologic manifestations of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Jan;146(1):119-21. doi: 10.1177/0194599811424044. Epub 2011 Oct 10.

Abstract

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is characterized by systemic necrotizing vasculitis, and patients fall into 2 groups: those with proteinase 3-ANCA and those with myeloperoxidase-ANCA. As infections are a trigger of ANCA-associated vasculitis, this disease tends to localize in areas around the upper airway. In this study, the authors compared ear and nasal symptoms between patients with proteinase 3-ANCA and those with myeloperoxidase-ANCA. We undertook a retrospective case series study of 34 patients diagnosed with ANCA-associated vasculitis. The otologic symptoms were divided into 3 types: chronic otitis media, secretory otitis media, and sensorineural hearing loss. Chronic otitis media was more common in patients with proteinase 3-ANCA (P = .001), whereas secretory otitis media was more frequently found in patients with myeloperoxidase-ANCA (P = .007). Crust formation (P = .001), saddle nose (P = .024), and sinusitis (P = .001) were more common in patients with proteinase 3-ANCA than in those with myeloperoxidase-ANCA. Marked differences were observed in the disease spectrum between the 2 ANCA groups.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / complications*
  • Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / immunology
  • Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / metabolism
  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / immunology
  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / metabolism
  • Chronic Disease
  • Disease Progression
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / diagnosis
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / etiology*
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / immunology
  • Humans
  • Myeloblastin / immunology
  • Myeloblastin / metabolism
  • Otitis Media / etiology*
  • Otitis Media / immunology
  • Otitis Media / metabolism
  • Peroxidase / immunology
  • Peroxidase / metabolism
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Peroxidase
  • Myeloblastin