An Unusual Presentation of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

Severe unilateral diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: an unusual presentation of microscopic polyangiitis

“…In MPA patients, two cases of three are female and aged 59, 82, and 58 years, separately. As for clinical presentation, all three MPA patients had hemoptysis, two of them had rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, and fever was presented in one [3][4][5]. This unique presentation of unilateral alveolar hemorrhage will make the initial diagnosis more challenging since AAV can also present with fever and malaise, which may mimic an infection episode.…”