Clinical findings and organ involvement in 15 patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis and 15 patients with microscopic polyangiitis
| WG (n = 15) | MPA (n = 15) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Active disease | Inactive disease | Total | Active disease | Inactive disease | |||||||
| CNS, central nervous system; ENT, ear, nose and throat; joints (A), arthritis; MPA, microscopic polyangiitis; PNS, peripheral nervous system; WG, Wegener’s granulomatosis. | ||||||||||||
| Women | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Men | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||
| Range | 28 to 77 | 31 to 73 | ||||||||||
| Median | 55 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Organ involvement | ||||||||||||
| ENT | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lung | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kidney | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Eye | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joints (A) | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Skin | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| PNS | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| CNS | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Heart | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||