title: Antiglomerular basement membrane antibody-crescentic glomerulonephritis complicating chronic bronchiectasis.
abstract: A 68-year-old woman with chronic bronchiectasis presented with haematuria and severe oligoanuric renal failure with no other serious systemic manifestation. Antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibodies and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies were positive. Renal biopsy revealed anti-GBM crescentic glomerulonephritis. A conservative approach was followed and the patient is stable on chronic haemodialysis 6 months later. To the authors' knowledge, there has only been one previous report of anti-GBM disease complicating bronchiectasis.
authors: Nephrology Section, Hospital General de Elche, Spain.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Enríquez
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Cabezuelo
authors: A E
authors: AE
authors: Sirvent
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Andrada
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Amorós
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Orti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D001323:Autoantibodies; C051951:antiglomerular basement membrane antibody