Atypical rapid onset Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC) complicated with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and pleuro-pericardial effusions in a patient with recently diagnosed breast cancer and a positive anti-RNA polymerase III Ab.: A case report

We report of a case rapid onset systemic sclerosis complicated by acute renal failure and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in a woman with stage IIB right breast cancer and elevated RNA Polymerase III IgG Ab. To our knowledge, this the first case of a patient with breast cancer associated with systemic sclerosis and pulmonary-renal syndrome.
Source: Respiratory Medicine Case Reports - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research