Abstract

MUNOZ GRAJALES, Carolina et al. Microscopic Polyangiitis: a case report with renal, pulmonary and neurological involvement and review of the literature. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.2, pp.121-134. ISSN 0121-8123.

We report the case of a 79 years-old male, with alveolar hemorrhage, necrotizing glomerulonephritis and polyneuropathy due to microscopic polyangiitis, an autoimmune disease, characterized by systemic vasculitis, predominantly of small vessels. We review the clinical and therapeutic aspects of the disease.

Keywords : microscopic polyangiitis; antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA); alveolar hemorrhage; necrotizing glomerulonephritis.

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