Immune complex type crescentic glomerulonephritis and ANCA-positivity in a nine-year-old girl.
We report a nine-year-old girl who presented with the clinical and laboratory findings of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. She was found to be positive for both pANCA and cANCA. However, renal histopathology revealed immune complex type of crescentic glomerulonephritis. Thus, although testing for ANCA is an important tool in the prediction of the subtype of crescentic glomerulonephritis, a renal biopsy is still required to establish the diagnosis.
Soylu
Alper
A
Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Kavukçu
Salih
S
Turgut
Canan Sule
CS
Türkmen
Mehmet
M
Sarioğlu
Sülen
S
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007105:Immune Complex Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D007167:Immunotherapy; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D017211:Treatment Failure
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic