Atypical Goodpasture’s disease: a clinical case report and literature review

Goodpasture’s disease (anti-GBM disease) is a rare small vessels vasculitis characterized by the presence of autoantibodies directed against the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and alveolar basement membrane. Common feature of anti-GBM disease is a combination of rapidly progressive glomeruloneph...

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Main Authors: M L Bulanova, D V Potapov, N M Bulanov, L V Lysenko(Kozlovskaya)
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: "Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 2018-06-01
Series:Терапевтический архив
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Online Access:https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/viewFile/32816/pdf
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Summary:Goodpasture’s disease (anti-GBM disease) is a rare small vessels vasculitis characterized by the presence of autoantibodies directed against the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and alveolar basement membrane. Common feature of anti-GBM disease is a combination of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and alveolar hemorrhage (pulmonary-renal syndrome). We present a case of atypical disease course in a young male patient who developed alveolar hemorrhage without renal failure. The only symptom of renal involvement was isolated hematuria. Plasmapheresis combined with immunosuppression (cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids) was effective. We present a review of state-of-art data on the pathogenesis and disease course of anti-GBM disease.
ISSN:0040-3660
2309-5342