Imaging Findings of Central Nervous System Vasculitis Associated with Goodpasture's Syndrome: a Case Report.
- Author:
Jee Young KIM
1
;
Kook Jin AHN
;
Jung Im JUNG
;
So Lyung JUNG
;
Bum Soo KIM
;
Seong Tae HAHN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Brain, vasculitis; Lung, hemorrhage; Magnetic resonance (MR)
- MeSH: Adult; Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease/complications/*diagnosis/therapy; Anti-Inflammatory Agents/administration & dosage; Brain/*pathology; Contrast Media/administration & dosage; Diagnosis, Differential; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Hemoptysis/etiology; Humans; Image Enhancement/methods; Immunoglobulin G/immunology; Kidney/ultrasonography; Lung/pathology/*radiography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Methylprednisolone/administration & dosage; Muscle Weakness/etiology; Plasmapheresis; Rare Diseases; Seizures/etiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vasculitis, Central Nervous System/*diagnosis/etiology/therapy
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2007;8(6):545-547
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemorrhage are features of Goodpasture's syndrome. Goodpasture's syndrome accompanied with central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis is extremely rare. Herein, we report a rare case of CNS vasculitis associated with Goodpasture's syndrome in a 34-year-old man, who presented with a seizure and sudden onset of right sided weakness. He also had recurrent hemoptysis of one month's duration. Goodpasture's syndrome is histologically diagnosed by intense linear deposits of IgG along the glomerular basement membrane in both renal and lung tissues.
