Immune complex-mediated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a patient with family history of systemic lupus erythematosus

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2018 Sep-Oct;29(5):1227-1231. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.243949.

Abstract

We describe here a case of a 53-year-old Saudi female who presented to the emergency room with shortness of breath progressive in nature for the previous one month, associated with a cough and occasional greenish sputum. She turned out to be a case of immunocomplex mediated glomerulonephritis presenting as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a female patient with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in her daughter.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Glomerulonephritis / diagnosis
  • Glomerulonephritis / immunology*
  • Glomerulonephritis / therapy
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immune Complex Diseases / diagnosis
  • Immune Complex Diseases / immunology*
  • Immune Complex Diseases / therapy
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Glomerulus / drug effects
  • Kidney Glomerulus / immunology*
  • Kidney Glomerulus / ultrastructure
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunosuppressive Agents