title: Crescentic fibrillary glomerulonephritis associated with hepatitis C viral infection.
abstract: Fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN) is a pathological diagnosis that is rarely associated with systemic disorders. In this case report, we describe a woman who presented with FGN of the crescentic type in association with hepatitis C viral infection. The existing literature on the association between these 2 disorders is reviewed, and postulated therapy is presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Rennke
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Jaber
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged