Chronic and Asymptomatic Diffuse Alveolar Haemorrhage with Microscopic Polyangiitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) is one of the major causes of death in microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) patients, because of acute respiratory failure with various respiratory symptoms. We, herein, present a case of chronic and asymptomatic DAH in a patient with MPA who was diagnosed by fibreoptic...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Tashiro, Koichiro Takahashi, Hironori Sadamatsu, Masaru Uchida, Shinya Kimura, Naoko Sueoka-Aragane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1658126