C C3444 Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis GPA|Wegener Granulomatosis|Wegener's Granulomatosis A rare, autoimmune, systemic medium and small size vasculitis. It is characterized by the formation of necrotizing granulomas in the respiratory tract, necrotizing angiitis, and glomerulonephritis. Systemic vasculitis affecting small to medium-sized vessels, characterized by necrotizing granulomas in the respiratory tract, necrotizing angiitis, glomerulonephritis with little to no immune complex deposition, and typically positive for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody staining in a cytoplasmic pattern (C-ANCA; antiproteinase 3). C26912 Vasculitis C118468 Pediatric Rheumatology Terminology