Goodpasture's syndrome mimicking idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis.
A patient initially diagnosed by clinical findings and pulmonary biopsy as suffering from idiopathic hemosiderosis was subsequently proven by renal biopsy and serologic assay to have Goodpasture's syndrome with minimal renal alterations. The authors speculate on the relationship of these two complex disorders.
Katz
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Foster
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Miller
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Krevolin
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Schwartz
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D000328:Adult; D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
D007074:Immunoglobulin G