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Table 1 EULAR/PRINTO/PReS Criteria for Childhood Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

From: ANCA-associated vasculitis with cardiac valve vegetations in two teenage males: two case reports and a literature review

A patient is said to have GPA when three of the following six criteria are present:

Upper Airway Involvement

Chronic purulent or bloody nasal discharge, or recurrent epistaxis/crusts/granulomata

Nasal septal perforation or saddle-nose deformity

Chronic or recurrent sinus inflammation

Pulmonary Involvement

Chest X-ray or CT scan showing the presence of nodules, cavities, or fixed infiltrates

Renal Involvement

Proteinuria > 0.3 g/24H, or greater than 30 umol/mg of urine albumin/creatinine ratio on a spot morning sample

Hematuria or red blood cell casts: > 5 red blood cells per high-power field, or red blood cell casts in urinary sediment, or > 2+ on dipstick

Necrotizing pauci-immune glomerulonephritis

Granulomatous Inflammation

Granulomatous inflammation within wall of artery or in perivascular or extravascular area of artery or arteriole

Laryngotracheobronchial stenosis

Subglottic, tracheal, or bronchial stenosis

ANCA

ANCA positivity by immunofluorescence or by ELISA (MPO/p or PR3/c ANCA)

  1. ANCA Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, CT Computed tomography, ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, EULAR European League Against Rheumatism, GPA Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, MPO Myeloperoxidase, PRINTO Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization, PR3 Proteinase 3, PReS Pediatric Rheumatology European Society