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CHEST
Volume 123, Issue 2, Pages 639-643Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.2.639
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diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; hemoptysis; interstitial nephritis; leptospirosis; pulmonary hemorrhage; vasculitis
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The literature on diffuse alveolar hemorrhage heavily emphasizes the causal role of vasculitides. We present a patient with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage caused by leptospirosis. Although the pathology in leptospirosis occurs secondary to a vasculitic process, this disease is not listed as a cause of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in the review literature. In the right clinical scenario, the disease should be considered in a patient presenting with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.
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