The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2019 , Vol 61 , Num 4
What triggered massive hemoptysis in Goodpasture syndrome with isolated pulmonary involvement in a 14-year-old boy?
1 Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Dr Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Research and Training Hospital; Departments of2 Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
3 Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
4 Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
5 Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey DOI : 10.24953/turkjped.2019.04.022 Şişmanlar-Eyüboğlu T, Aslan AT, Gezgin-Yıldırım D, Buyan N, Emeksiz S, Kalkan G. What triggered massive hemoptysis in Goodpasture syndrome with isolated pulmonary involvement in a 14-year-old boy? Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 611-614.
Goodpasture syndrome is a rare, autoimmune disease associated with the development of antibodies against a specific antigen both in glomerular basement membrane and alveolar basement membrane. It is very rare in childhood and its incidence is not known. Although the mechanism of the disease is the same in lung as in the kidney, sometimes it presents with involvement of only one organ. Pulmonary involvement may be lifethreatening in patients with massive hemoptysis. Herein we report a 14-yearold boy with isolated lung involvement. He had massive hemoptysis following bronchoscopy and recovered succesfully with treatment.
Keywords : bronchoscopy, child, Goodpasture syndrome, massive hemoptysis, smoking