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- Title
A rare cause of the pulmonary-renal syndrome: a case of atypical haemolytic-uraemic syndrome complicated by pulmonary haemorrhage.
- Authors
Derebail, Vimal K.; Parikh, Palak; Jennette, J. Charles; Kshirsagar, Abhijit V.
- Abstract
Pulmonary haemorrhage is a potentially life-threatening event that may occur in patients with pulmonary-renal syndromes. These syndromes have typically been thought to occur in small-vessel vasculitides, such as ANCA-mediated disease, Goodpasture's disease and other autoimmune conditions including systemic lupus erythematosus or anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome. Here, we present a rare cause for pulmonary haemorrhage with associated renal failure—atypical haemolytic-uraemic syndrome. In this case, renal biopsy was integral to providing a diagnosis and guiding therapy.
- Subjects
HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY diseases; THROMBOTIC thrombocytopenic purpura; HEMOLYTIC-uremic syndrome; ACUTE kidney failure
- Publication
NDT Plus, 2008, Vol 1, Issue 6, p417
- ISSN
1753-0784
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndtplus/sfn145