Monday, November 1, 2010

P-ANCA

HULK!!!
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and just about any antibody in general are helpful for immunological testing. p-ANCA will stain in a perinuclear fashion (around the nucleus - which is not shown well in the drawing) on a neutrophil and is anti-myeloperoxidase. Microscopic polyangiitis and Churg-Strauss patients will usually have p-ANCA positive neutrophils.

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