Case Presentation: A 20 year old man with history of Systemic Lupus erythematous (SLE) with Lupus nephritis presented to the hospital with cough and hemoptysis for the past few days. He was found to have severe anemia (5.4 mg/dl), thrombocytopenia (52,000/mm3), elevated LDH (829), low haptoglobin (<8), hypocomplentemia (low C3 and C4), schistocytes on peripheral [...]

Case Presentation: Atypical (complement-mediated) Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome is a rare but life threatening thrombotic microangiopathy that affects patients of all ages. About 33-40% of patients sustain end-stage renal disease, stroke, myocardial infarction or have mortality during the first presentation of this syndrome. We present a case of a 32-year-old previously healthy male who presented to the [...]