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A 40-year-old man presents to his physician with numbness and tingling on the dorsal surface of his right hand and forearm and raised “varicose veins” that are firm to the touch along the same distribution. He also complains of weight loss. His serum creatinine level is 2.0 mg/dL. He has no previous medical history of significance. An immune complex disease is suspected, and assays for autoantibodies in neutrophils are conducted. What diseases are associated with the identification of anti-myeloperoxidase and anti-proteinase-3 antibodies, respectively?
(A) Kawasaki’s disease, Buerger’s disease
(B) Microscopic polyangiitis, Wegener’s granulomatosis
(C) Polyarteritis nodosa, Buerger’s disease
(D) Takayasu’s arteritis, Wegener’s granulomatosis
(E) Temporal arteritis, Wegener’s granulomatosis
A 40-year-old man presents to his physician with numbness and tingling on the dorsal surface of his right hand and forearm and raised “varicose veins” that are firm to the touch along the same distribution. He also complains of weight loss. His serum creatinine level is 2.0 mg/dL. He has no previous medical history of significance. An immune complex disease is suspected, and assays for autoantibodies in neutrophils are conducted. What diseases are associated with the identification of anti-myeloperoxidase and anti-proteinase-3 antibodies, respectively?
(A) Kawasaki’s disease, Buerger’s disease
(B) Microscopic polyangiitis, Wegener’s granulomatosis
(C) Polyarteritis nodosa, Buerger’s disease
(D) Takayasu’s arteritis, Wegener’s granulomatosis
(E) Temporal arteritis, Wegener’s granulomatosis