Pulmonary renal syndrome in a case of Wegener's granulomatosis.

Susmita Kundu, Swapnendu Misra, Ranjit Kumar Halder, Arpita Roychowdhury

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. susmitakundu.chest@yahoo.com

The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences 2013 Jan-Mar

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We report a case of a 42-year-old patient who presented with Wegener's granulomatosis complicated by pulmonary renal syndrome, i.e., diffuse alveolar haemorrhage and rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis. The patient was treated with plasmapheresis and immunosuppressive drugs--intravenous cyclophosphamide and methyl prednisolone. The clinical, haematological and biochemical parameters improved substantially and remission is achieved.

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Susmita Kundu, Swapnendu Misra, Ranjit Kumar Halder, Arpita Roychowdhury. Pulmonary renal syndrome in a case of Wegener's granulomatosis. The Indian journal of chest diseases & allied sciences. 2013 Jan-Mar;55(1):49-52