Crescentic fibrillary glomerulonephritis associated with hepatitis C viral infection.
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.
Guerra
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Division of Nephrology, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
Narayan
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Rennke
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Jaber
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D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged