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Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Inflammation, Haemorrhage, eLearning, Education, Contrast agent-intravenous, Digital radiography, CT-High Resolution, Lung, Kidney
Authors:
G. Valchev, M. Benkova, B. Balev, D. Kaloyanova, K. Boikova, E. Kalchev; Varna/BG
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2016/C-0603
Learning objectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Pulmonary-renal syndromes (also known as lung-kidney and pulmo-renal syndromes) are a set of rare conditions with varying etiology,
brought together by the combined manifestation of diffuse alveolar haemorrhage and glomerulonephritis.
This work aims to provide a thorough and comprehensive theoretical review of the most common representatives of this group,
with emphasis on the medical imaging aspect of diagnosis.
Hence,
treatment options are not discussed.
Conditions encompassed in this review are:
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ANCA(anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody) associated vasculitides:
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granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s granulomatosis),
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eosinophillic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome),
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microscopic polyangiitis (MPA);
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ANCA-negative vasculitis: Goodpasture’s syndrome (antibasement-membrane antibody disease - ABMA disease);
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systemic autoimmune conditions:
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- antiphospholipid syndrome (APS).
The Background section holds general information regarding these entities,
relevant statistics and etiopathogenetic data,
as well as histological examples,
wherever available.
The Learning Objectives section focuses primarily on imaging findings.