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The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of airway abnormalities on chest computed tomography (CT) in patients with GPA or RP and to determine whether specific imaging criteria could be used to differentiate them.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>GPA and RP patients with tracheobronchial involvement referred to a national referral center from 2008 to 2020 were evaluated. Their chest CT images were reviewed by two radiologists who were blinded to the final diagnosis in order to analyze the characteristics of airway involvement. The association between imaging features and a diagnosis of GPA rather than RP was analyzed using a generalized linear regression model.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Chest CTs from 26 GPA and 19 RP patients were analyzed. Involvement of the subglottic trachea (odds ratio for GPA=28.56 [95% CI: 3.17; 847.63]; <jats:italic>P=0.001<\/jats:italic>) and extensive airway involvement (odds ratio for GPA=0.02 [95% CI: 0.00; 0.43]; <jats:italic>P=0.008<\/jats:italic>) were the two independent CT features that differentiated GPA from RP in multivariate analysis. Tracheal thickening sparing the posterior membrane was significantly associated to RP (odds ratio for GPA=0.09 [95% CI: 0.02; 0.39]; <jats:italic>P=0.003<\/jats:italic>) but only in the univariate analysis and suffered from only moderate interobserver agreement (kappa=0.55). Tracheal calcifications were also associated with RP only in the univariate analysis (odds ratio for GPA=0.21 [95% CI: 0.05; 0.78]; <jats:italic>P=0.045<\/jats:italic>).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The presence of subglottic involvement and diffuse airway involvement are the two most relevant criteria in differentiating between GPA and RP on chest CT. Although generally considered to be a highly suggestive sign of RP, posterior tracheal membrane sparing is a nonspecific and an overly subjective sign.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13075-022-02935-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,28]],"date-time":"2022-10-28T06:11:29Z","timestamp":1666937489000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Differentiating tracheobronchial involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and relapsing polychondritis on chest CT: a cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Carole","family":"Jalaber","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xavier","family":"Pu\u00e9chal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ines","family":"Saab","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emma","family":"Canniff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benjamin","family":"Terrier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luc","family":"Mouthon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eglantine","family":"Cabanne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sandra","family":"Mghaieth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marie-Pierre","family":"Revel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guillaume","family":"Chassagnon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"2935_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1002\/art.37715","volume":"65","author":"JC Jennette","year":"2013","unstructured":"Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Bacon PA, Basu N, Cid MC, Ferrario F, et al. 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides. 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