Alveolar hemorrhage

Pulmonary hemorrhage-nephritis syndrome is also known as antibasal membrane glomerulonephritis, Goodpasture syndrome or Goodpasture disease. May be caused by a viral infection and / or inhalation of certain chemicals. It is a serious injury of the glomerulus and alveolar wall basement membrane caused by anti-basement membrane antibodies. The clinical manifestations are pulmonary hemorrhage, aggressive glomerulonephritis and serum anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibody-positive triad. Most patients progress rapidly and have a dangerous prognosis.

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