MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS

Course overview

MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS IS A SMALL VESSEL NECROTIZING VASCULITIS, A PART OF A LARGE SPECTRUM OF DISORDERS TERMED AS ANTI-NEUTROPHIL-CYTOPLASMIC-ANTIBODY (ANCA)-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIDES (AAV). THIS UMBRELLA TERM INCLUDES GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS, MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS (MPA), EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS (EGPA OR CHURG-STRAUSS DISEASE), AND RENAL LIMITED VASCULITIS (RLV). THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS CONDITION.