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Microscopic polyangiitis: an incidental finding in a patient with stroke
- Source :
- Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 50-54 (2020), Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Abstract
- Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is a primary systemic vasculitis characterized by inflammation of small-sized vessels associated with the presence of anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies. We report a case of a 39-year-old female diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis as an incidental finding who presented with signs and symptoms of a stroke at a young age. Usually, it presents with fever, malaise, skin rash, weight loss, mononeuritis multiplex, and arthralgia/myalgia. Very rarely, it can involve meninges to cause meningeal vasculitis which can present as a febrile seizure. The most frequent neurological manifestation is peripheral neuropathy. Cerebral infarction or hemorrhage as an isolated finding is very rarely observed in the patient with MPA as was seen in our patient.
- Subjects :
- myalgia
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:Internal medicine
Case Report
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
microscopic
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Febrile seizure
Internal Medicine
finding
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
lcsh:RC31-1245
Stroke
business.industry
Mononeuritis Multiplex
Cerebral infarction
incidental
medicine.disease
Dermatology
stroke
patient
medicine.symptom
business
Vasculitis
Microscopic polyangiitis
Systemic vasculitis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20009666
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....231f3f956b1601d756c42420146e203a