Case Reports and Reviews: Open Access

Isolated Glomerulonephritis as a Classic Presentation of Goodpasture Disease: A Case Report

Ankit Dubey MD, Jaspreet Dhanjal DO, and Jose Penaherrera MD

Abstract

Goodpasture disease is very rare, and occurs in about two cases per million population. It is an autoimmune small vessel vasculitis where anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies are targeted to the glomerular basement membrane and alveolar basement membrane. Our report highlights the importance of early recognition and nephrology referral for prompt initiation of treatment.

Keywords: Goodpasture disease; Glomerulonephritis; Autoimmune vasculitis; Glomerular basement membrane; Alveolar hemorrhage; Crescentic proliferation.