title: An unexpected cause of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in a kidney transplant patient.
abstract: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a life-threatening condition requiring urgent treatment. There are many different treatment-relevant causes of DAH, making the diagnostic approach to these patients complex and necessitating a multidisciplinary team. We report the case of a kidney transplant recipient in whom all diagnostic efforts did not reveal the cause of DAH, and only autopsy was able to establish an unexpected diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlageter
authors.forename: Kathleen D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Jahn
authors.forename: Alexandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tzankov
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiese
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bubendorf
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamm
authors.forename: Spasenija
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savic
mesh_terms: D001163:Arteriovenous Anastomosis / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed