title: Thoracoscopic diagnosis of Goodpasture's syndrome.
abstract: Goodpasture's syndrome is a rare glomerulonephritis that is associated with or preceded by hemoptysis. An 11-year-old boy who demonstrated hematuria and hemosputum was successfully and definitely diagnosed as having Goodpasture's syndrome by thoracoscopic resection, although most cases generally require an open thoracotomy. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful. Thoracoscopy appears to be a safe and effective modality for the diagnosis of Goodpasture's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matsuzoe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirakusa
mesh_terms: D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007668:Kidney / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A