Goodpasture's syndrome in a patient using cocaine--a case report and review of the literature
Sirvent, A.E.; Enríquez, R.; Andrada, E.; Amorós, F.; Gallego, J.A.; González, C.; Padilla, I.
Clinical Nephrology 68(3): 182-185
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-0430 PMID: 17915623 Document Number: 614674
Glomerulonephritis is a very rare form of cocaine-induced renal pathology. We report a 26-year-old woman having inhaled cocaine, who presented with antiglomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemorrhage. She was treated with immunosuppressive therapy and plasmapheresis. Maintenance hemodialysis was required on discharge. We stress the importance of early detection and treatment of this renal association for the potential fatal consequences implicated.