Case ReportsMicroscopic Polyangiitis Presenting as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Is Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibody Testing Indicated?
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Case Report
A 55-year-old diabetic woman presented with fever, cough, and yellowish sputum. She had crackles bilaterally at the lung bases. Complete blood count revealed leukocytosis. Routine serum chemistries and urinalysis were normal. A chest radiograph showed increased interstitial markings at the bases bilaterallythat was considered to be atypical pneumonia. The patient was treated with intravenous antibiotics. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage was negative for Pneumocystis carinii, acid-fast
Discussion
ANCA-associated, small-vessel vasculitis is the most common primary systemic vasculitis in adults and commonly affects men and women between 50 and 60 years of age.1 Microscopic polyangiitis is a necrotizing vasculitis affecting small vessels (venules, capillaries, and arterioles) with few or no immune deposits. Small and medium arteries may also be affected.5 Wegener granulomatosis and Churg-Strauss syndrome also preferentially involve small vessels.5 Wegener granulomatosis is characterized by
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