Beyond Infection and Lupus Flare: MPO‐ANCA Microscopic Polyangiitis Causing Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Abu Bocus, Tamer Mohamed Zaalouk, Partha Chowdhury, Siraj Nasim · 2025
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Description
Abu Bocus and co-authors report a case where bleeding into the lungs hid behind a familiar diagnosis. An elderly woman with lupus arrived breathless and anemic, with cloudy lungs on imaging. The first call was pneumonia, and antibiotics began. She did not improve, and every germ test came back negative, forcing a rethink.
Deeper immune testing found antibodies pointing to a different disease: microscopic polyangiitis, a vessel inflammation that can overlap with lupus. The lung problem was hemorrhage from inflamed vessels, not infection. The authors use the case to warn clinicians that lung bleeding in lupus patients is not always a lupus flare. When respiratory illness refuses to resolve, especially with autoimmune disease in the background, the diagnosis deserves a second, wider look.
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| CREATOR | Abu Bocus, Tamer Mohamed Zaalouk, Partha Chowdhury, Siraj Nasim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |