An unexpected cause of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in a kidney transplant patient

Respiration. 2014;87(6):504-7. doi: 10.1159/000358566. Epub 2014 Apr 10.

Abstract

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a life-threatening condition requiring urgent treatment. There are many different treatment-relevant causes of DAH, making the diagnostic approach to these patients complex and necessitating a multidisciplinary team. We report the case of a kidney transplant recipient in whom all diagnostic efforts did not reveal the cause of DAH, and only autopsy was able to establish an unexpected diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Anastomosis / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hemangiosarcoma* / complications
  • Hemangiosarcoma* / pathology
  • Hemangiosarcoma* / physiopathology
  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Hemorrhage* / diagnosis
  • Hemorrhage* / etiology
  • Hemorrhage* / physiopathology
  • Hemorrhage* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / methods
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
  • Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Kidney Transplantation* / methods
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Lung Neoplasms* / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms* / physiopathology
  • Lung Neoplasms* / secondary
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed