title: Immune complex type crescentic glomerulonephritis and ANCA-positivity in a nine-year-old girl.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soylu
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kavukçu
authors.forename: Canan Sule
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Türkmen
authors.forename: Sülen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarioğlu
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic