Pulmonary renal syndrome (PRS) is a high mortality, rare disorder presenting\nwith diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and progressive acute glomerulonephritis.\nThis syndrome is often caused by autoimmune entities, the most frequent\nbeing ANCA positive vasculitis and anti-GBM disease. We report a case of a\n34-year-old Chilean woman, who initially presents with anemia and after a\nfew days of inpatient management, starts with progressively worsening dyspnea,\ndecrease in renal function and hematuria. The patient is initially diagnosed\nwith pneumonia, but further evaluation using Thorax CT scan and\nrenal biopsy confirms the suspicion of PRS. The case is of particular interest\ndue to the lack of extensive bibliography on anti-GBM and ANCA negative\npulmonary-renal syndrome, an uncategorized subtype of this syndrome with\nunknown optimal management.
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