<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this study, the cases of a patient with Goodpasture syndrome (also referred to as anti-glomerular basement membrane disease) and a patient with the morphological features of Goodpasture syndrome or Goodpasture-like syndrome found in a histopathological examination are described. In both cases the course of the disease was atypical, with a massive respiratory tract hemorrhage being the most significant symptom. Accordingly, the presented patients were treated surgically. Furthermore, the paper described diagnostic difficulties in identifying the cause of the hemorrhage. Finally, the importance of histopathological examination in the diagnosis of Goodpasture syndrome and the Goodpasture-like syndrome with atypical course is emphasized.</p></abstract>

In this study, the cases of a patient with Goodpasture syndrome (also referred to as anti-glomerular basement membrane disease) and a patient with the morphological features of Goodpasture syndrome or Goodpasture-like syndrome found in a histopathological examination are described. In both cases the course of the disease was atypical, with a massive respiratory tract hemorrhage being the most significant symptom. Accordingly, the presented patients were treated surgically. Furthermore, the paper described diagnostic difficulties in identifying the cause of the hemorrhage. Finally, the importance of histopathological examination in the diagnosis of Goodpasture syndrome and the Goodpasture-like syndrome with atypical course is emphasized.

Goodpasture syndrome as a rare cause of massive respiratory tract hemorrhage

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Department of General Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation

Students’ Scientific Circle of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

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In this study, the cases of a patient with Goodpasture syndrome (also referred to as anti-glomerular basement membrane disease) and a patient with the...

Goodpasture syndrome as a rare cause of massive respiratory tract hemorrhage

Publicado en línea: 23 dic 2019

Páginas: 42 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.632

Palabras clave
anti-glomerular basement membrane disease, pulmonary-renal syndrome, alveolar hemorrhage, histopathological examination, surgical treatment

© 2020 Małgorzata Wojtyś et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Goodpasture syndrome as a rare cause of massive respiratory tract hemorrhage

Publicado en línea: 23 dic 2019

Páginas: 42 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.632

Palabras claveanti-glomerular basement membrane disease, pulmonary-renal syndrome, alveolar hemorrhage, histopathological examination, surgical treatment

© 2020 Małgorzata Wojtyś et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
anti-glomerular basement membrane disease, pulmonary-renal syndrome, alveolar hemorrhage, histopathological examination, surgical treatment