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SLE with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and acute renal failure
Author(s) -
Yongsiri Somchai,
Thammakumpee Jiranuch,
Anna Natthaphon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.21237
Subject(s) - medicine , microangiopathic hemolytic anemia , diffuse alveolar hemorrhage , schistocyte , diffuse alveolar damage , anemia , pathology , lung , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , acute respiratory distress , platelet
In SLE patients with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) and acute renal failure (ARF), the most common associated renal injury is proliferative lupus nephritis. We report a case of a young SLE patient with DAH and ARF who was successfully treated with a course of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) plus pulse IV cyclophosphamide. Kidney biopsy revealed an alternative diagnosis. J. Clin. Apheresis 27:263–264, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.