Crescentic Glomerulonephritis

An uncommon—1/10,000 people—form of acute glomerulonephritis characterised by heavy proteinuria, microaneurysms, HTN
Associations Acute glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, renal failure, ESRD; CG may be 2º to post-streptococcal GN, infectious endocarditis, sepsis, hepatitis, multisystem disease, cryoglobulinemia, Goodpasture’s disease, relapsing polychondritis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, SLE, disseminated vasculitis, polyarteritis nodosa, Wegener’s granulomatosis, lung CA, lymphoma, and others, hydrocarbon exposure, or CG may be superimposed on other primary glomerulopathies—e.g., membranoproliferative-mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, membranous glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis, anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody disease
Prognosis Without therapy, 80–90% eventually require dialysis
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Crescentic Glomerulonephritis with linear, granular or no deposit on IF OR
Etiology and outcome of pulmonary renal syndrome: Retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital
ANCA-negative pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis. Nat Rev Nephrol.
Glomerulopatia membranosa con glomerulonefritis necrosante: Una asociacion infrecuente
Nevertheless, while the prevailing picture in EGPA is ANCA-associated necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis, in acute allergic drug-induced interstitial nephritis, the major histologic abnormalities are in the interstitium, which is expanded by a number of inflammatory cells, with the presence of large numbers of eosinophils, as it is seen in this patient.
Azathioprine-induced interstitial nephritis in an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) myeloperoxidase (MPO) vasculitis patient
Renal biopsy showed necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis, leading to the diagnosis of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA).
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia as a Possible Cause of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: A Case Report
Ethylmalonic encephalopathyassociated with crescentic glomerulonephritis. Metab Brain Dis 2012;27:613-6.
Siblings with Ethylmalonic Encephalopathy: Case Report
FSGS: focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis; MGN: membranous glomerulonephritis; IgAN: IgA nephropathy; MPGN: membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; CGN: crescentic glomerulonephritis; MCD: minimal change disease; MesPGN: mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis; GN: glomerulonephritis.
Glomerulonephritis Pattern at a Jordanian Tertiary Care Center
Terada, "Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis, crescentic glomerulonephritis," Journal of Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, vol.
Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Japanese Fermented Fish (Funa-Sushi) Inhibit Mesangial Proliferative Glomerulonephritis by Alcohol Intake with Stress
The subjects included patients with FSGS, MCNS, membranous nephropathy, renal amyloidosis, lupus nephritis, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and crescentic glomerulonephritis. After prospective observation for two years, proteinuria decreased to 1 g/day or less in 47.7% of the patients, indicating the usefulness of LDL apheresis.
Preoperative Low-Density Lipoprotein Apheresis for Preventing Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation
Ensari et al., "Pauci-immune necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis with crescentic and full moon extracapillary proliferation: Clinico-pathologic correlation and follow-up study," Pathology--Research and Practice, vol.
Prognostic Factors in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Glomerulonephritis with Severe Glomerular Sclerosis: A National Registry-Based Cohort Study
Sehgal, "Case report: poststreptococcal crescentic glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemorrhage simulating Goodpasture's syndrome," Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, vol.
A Pediatric Case of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Secondary to Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis
Fain, "Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis and aneurism with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody: Bartonella henselae endocarditis," La Presse Medicale, vol.
Bartonella Endocarditis Mimicking Crescentic Glomerulonephritis with PR3-ANCA Positivity
Renal biopsy was done on the 4th hospital day and showed an acute necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis, with ten of fourteen glomeruli showing cellular crescents, often in association with areas of fibrinoid necrosis (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)).
ANCA-Associated Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis Overlapping with Mesangial Proliferative Lupus Nephritis Refractory to Plasmapheresis, Steroid Pulse Therapy, and a Combination of Mycophenolate Mofetil and Rituximab

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