Renal failure in giant cell vasculitis.
A 59-year-old white woman with temporal arteritis developed progressive renal failure. Renal biopsy results showed focal and segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis; furthermore, giant cells were present in the destructed vessel walls. Immunosuppressive therapy did not prevent terminal renal failure. This case shows that renal involvement may be a feature of temporal arteritis.
Lenz
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Medical Clinic IV, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Schmidt
R
R
Scherberich
J E
JE
Gröne
H J
HJ
D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged