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: Tashiro, Hiroki, Takahashi, Koichiro, Sadamatsu, Hironori, Uchida, Masaru, Kimura, Shinya, Sueoka-Aragane, Naoko
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5165133/