title: A patient with hemoptysis and renal failure.
abstract: Pulmonary-renal syndrome is a medical emergency; etiology of which has broad differential diagnosis. Delay in both diagnosis and initiation of management may result in end-organ damage. Management decisions may have to be empiric till a rapid, definitive tissue diagnosis is established. We present such a case where prompt recognition and immediate treatment was initiated, although the patient sustained irreversible end-organ damage. The case also highlights the need to interpret the kidney biopsy data (namely, immunofluroscence findings) in the context of clinical presentation.
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA.
authors: Pranavkumar
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authors: Dalal
authors: Gautam
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authors: Phadke
authors: Amandeep
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authors: Gill
authors: Kurtis
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authors: Tarwater
authors: Madhukar
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authors: Misra
authors: Nicole
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authors: Pele
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