Pulmonary renal syndrome
Pulmonary
renal syndrome in a child with coexistence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and anti-glomerular basement membrane disease: case report and literature review. Chest X-ray (a) and CT scan (b) showing bilateral lung infiltrates as a result of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.
Pulmonary-renal syndromes refer to a group of conditions that can affect the lung and kidneys. These conditions are typically characterized by diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis.
Diseases that can result in a pulmonary-renal syndrome includes:
- certain pulmonary vasculitides
- Goodpasture syndrome
- as part of systemic autoimmune conditions
- antiphospholipid syndrome
- environmental factors
- drugs
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Pulmorenales Syndrom: