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Wegener's is considered a vasculitis, and many vasculitic diseases are ANCA positive. You can look up the different vasculitic diseases and symptoms on the websites at hospitals that treat them. The Cleveland Clinic and John's Hopkins both have good websites about the vasculitic diseases. My daughter has one of these diseases, so aside from the vasculitis I am not aware of other disease that have positive ANCA, but I am sure things like Lupus could have a positive ANCA, or many of the autoimmune diseases, as they can all lead to vasculitis. By the way vasculitis is inflammation of the blood vessels.Hope that helps.
Cindy
Thank you for the information, will def have a look at these web sites.
Hope your Daughter is keeping well.
Sharock.