Crescentic glomerulonephritis and eosinophilic interstitial infiltrates in a patient with hypereosinophilic syndrome.
Crescentic glomerulonephritis with immune complex deposition and acute eosinophilic interstitial nephritis developed in a patient with the hypereosinophilic syndrome. Acute renal failure ensued but was rapidly reversed by high-dose oral prednisone. Confounding factors and unusual findings are described with a review of recent literature. This mode of presentation has not previously been reported.
Richardson
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Divisions of Hematology/Oncology, Pulmonology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
Dickinson
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Nash
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Hoffman
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Steingart
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R
Germain
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M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex