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Alveolar hemorrhage in IgA nephropathy treated with plasmapheresis
B Afessa1, R G Cowart, S M Koenig
1Department of Medicine, Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Ill., USA.
Southern Medical Journal
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
A 66-year-old man had diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis due to IgA nephropathy. The diffuse alveolar hemorrhage resolved after high-dose corticosteroid therapy, and renal function improved after plasmapheresis. This response suggests an adjunctive role for plasmapheresis in the treatment of patients presenting this rare clinical picture.