Abstract

Microscopic polyangiitis is an idiopathic autoimmune disease characterized by systemic vasculitis predominantly of small-caliber blood vessels with antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), and it can have a variable presentation. 1 Chung S.A. Seo P. Microscopic polyangiitis. Rheum Dis Clin N Am. 2010; 36: 545-558 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (82) Google Scholar We present the case of a 57-year-old male smoker with central nervous system-related symptoms of left facial droop, dysarthria, and worsening left upper-extremity weakness and numbness due to multiple strokes as a manifestation of microscopic polyangiitis.

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