Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
- ANCA Associated Vasculitis
- Anti-GBM Disease
- Double Positive (ANCA + anti-GBM)
10%:
- Low Complement Levels: SLE, Cryoglobulinemic, MCTD, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Rheumatoid Vasculitis
- Normal Complement Levels: Scleroderma Renal Crisis, IgA Vasculitis, Behcet's Disease, Inflammatory Myositis
MIMICS:
- Infections: Hantavirus infection/other hemorrhagic fevers, Leptospirosis, Legionellosis, Malaria, Babesiosis, Disseminated S. aureus infection, ARDS with multiorgan failure
- Cancer: Amyloidosis, differentiation syndrome in APL
- Cardiac: heart failure, cardiac tumor, mitral valve disease, Malignant hypertension
- MAHA: HUS, atypical HUS, TTP, DIC
Dr. Ann Marie Kumfer @AnnKumfer
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