Goodpasture's disease with late presentation of renal abnormality and anti-GBM autoantibody.
Goodpasture's disease without circulating autoantibodies is a rare presentation of a rare diagnosis. We present the case of a man aged 17 years who had 3 hospital admissions over a 2-month period with haemoptysis and shortness of breath. Throughout his first 2 admissions, his renal function was normal and anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibodies were negative. CT pulmonary angiogram during his second admission revealed florid and diffuse alveolar infiltrates. However, high-resolution CT chest performed 4 weeks later showed complete resolution of these changes. On his third admission, he developed acute kidney injury. A repeat CT chest revealed the reappearance of initial findings and anti-GBM antibodies were now positive. Goodpasture's disease was subsequently confirmed with renal biopsy. Our case, with delayed onset of renal impairment, initial seronegativity for anti-GBM antibodies and relapsing and remitting CT findings, emphasises the need to consider this diagnosis in the setting of otherwise unexplained pulmonary haemorrhage.
Cardiff University, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, UK.
Emily Ann
EA
Boardman
Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, UK.
Sameira
S
Sohail
Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, UK.
Rajesh
R
Yadavilli
D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010878:Piperacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001323:Autoantibodies; D005938:Glucocorticoids; C051951:antiglomerular basement membrane antibody; D010878:Piperacillin; D008775:Methylprednisolone