A patient with hemoptysis and kidney damage: clinical challenge

The article describes a clinical case of pulmonary-renal syndrome in a 41-year-old man. A brief review of the scientific literature is presented together with the discussion of the differential diagnosis and the diagnostic features. It is important to remember that pulmonary-renal syndrome combines diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis and is a life-threatening condition with the development of acute renal injury and possible pulmonary bleeding which can lead to death.