Crescentic glomerulonephritis complicating the course of a hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis.
The authors report a case of crescentic glomerulonephritis leading to end-stage renal failure in a patient affected by a hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis (HUV). The patient's clinical course was characterized by the survey of several episodes of extra-renal vasculitis. We emphasize that HUV commonly considered as a limited form of vasculitis might in some cases have a dramatic evolution.
Messiaen
T
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Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Van Damme
B
B
Kuypers
D
D
Maes
B
B
Vanrenterghem
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000172:deficiency*; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology*; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology*
D003165:Complement System Proteins