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Lung-kidney syndrome.
Valle, Luísa; Pimenta, Sofia; Pinto, Patrícia; Valbuena, Carmen; Dias, Manuela; Chaves, F CarneiroThe lung-kidney syndrome is characterized by the coexistence of glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemorrhage. However these manifestations can define different pathologies. The association of diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage, glomerulonephritis and circulating anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies define Goodpasture syndrome. We report a case of Goodpasture syndrome with review of the literature. ; The lung-...
CREST syndrome and pulmonary hypertension: a dark prognosis.
Carneiro, Ana C; Barbosa, Isabel P; Chaves, F CarneiroThe CREST syndrome initially described as a limited, more indolent form of diffuse scleroderma, is characterized by calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasias. Subsequent studies showed that visceral abnormalities were not uncommon. Pulmonary abnormalities are frequent especially pulmonary hypertension, this one being a major cause of this syndrome's mortality. ...
Whipple's disease--a challenging diagnosis.
Carneiro, Ana C; Lima, Palmira; Barbosa, Isabel P; Chaves, F CarneiroWhipple's Disease is a rare multisystemic disease caused by Gram-positive bacillus, Tropheryma whippelii, family of Actinobacterias and group of Actinomycetes. Because the disease is rare and has different forms of presentation the diagnosis comes frequently late. The authors present the case of a white man, 50 years old, admitted with a clinical picture characterized by weight loss, abdominal pain, ascites, di...
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