The many faces of Goodpasture's syndrome

Acta Med Scand. 1986;220(5):489-91. doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1986.tb02800.x.

Abstract

Four cases of antiglomerular basement membrane (antiGBM) antibody mediated disease with unusual features are presented. Lung involvement was absent in one patient whereas the other 3 had Goodpasture's syndrome. Recognition of the nature of the disease was delayed in all cases, due to occurrence during pregnancy in one case and due to the indolent course of the renal injury in the other 3 cases. The therapeutic approach to these variant forms of antiGBM antibody mediated disease is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / diagnosis*
  • Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / immunology
  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / analysis
  • Basement Membrane / immunology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic