[Difficulties in the management of localised pulmonary Goodpasture's syndrome]
J Buret1, M Marcq, Y Lebranchu
1Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Bretonneau, CHU de Tours, France.
Introduction:
The diagnosis of the pulmonary forms of Goodpasture's syndrome is not easy and requires a renal biopsy when no anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies are detected, since the disease can lead to spontaneous massive intra-alveolar haemorrhage that can be fatal. Treatment for the pulmonary-renal form combining corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide and plasmapheresis should be applied to the pulmonary form to control haemorrhage and prevent relapse.
Case Report:
We report the case of a patient suffering from the localised pulmonary form of Goodpasture's syndrome in whom the diagnosis was delayed due to a negative indirect immunofluorescent antibody bioassay. After a serious early relapse remission was achieved with comprehensive treatment and a tobacco withdrawal programme.
Conclusion:
If there is no delay in diagnosis and comprehensive treatment is given, the prognosis for these patients is good with a recovery rate of 80 to 90%.
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