title: Hypocomplementaemic immune complex tubulointerstitial nephritis.
abstract: We report a rare cause of rapidly progressive renal failure associated with low complement, positive ANA but negative anti DS-DNA. A renal biopsy demonstrated tubulointerstitial nephritis with positive immunoglobulin staining involving the interstitium and tubular basement membrane but glomerular sparing. A review of the literature and differential diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology.
authors.forename: Alok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto , Canada.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jothy
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Grand River Hospital, Kitchner-Waterloo , Canada.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Somerville
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto , Canada.
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Zaltzman
keywords: hypocomplementaemic; immune complex; tubulointerstitial