title: A case of Goodpasture's syndrome complicating pregnancy with dialysis requiring renal failure responding to plasmapheresis and termination of pregnancy.
abstract: Goodpasture's syndrome complicating pregnancy is extremely rare and dialysis requiring anti GBM disease with renal recovery is uncommon. We report a case of a 23-year-old primi gravida who presented with Goodpasture's syndrome during thirteenth week of pregnancy. She was initiated on steroids and cytotoxic drugs along with intensive plasma exchange and alternate day hemodialysis. Her pregnancy was terminated at 15 weeks. Patient improved dramatically with treatment, her renal functions normalized and her Anti GBM antibody titer became negative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Govt Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. sreejasnair82@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sreeja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Sajeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Noble
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gracious
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic; D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D055815:Young Adult