Immune Complex Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts in Alcoholic Cirrhosis: Two Case Reports.

Objective: To report on 2 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who were treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement.

Clinical Presentation And Intervention: The 2 patients had a history of alcoholic cirrhosis, and TIPS surgery was performed on them. In both cases, 4 months after TIPS placement, proteinuria was observed along with histological alterations characteristic of immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN).

Membranous glomerulonephritis and cellular crescents induced by levamisole-adulterated cocaine abuse: a case report.

Levamisole is illicitly employed as a cocaine adulterant. The consumption of levamisole-adulterated cocaine can provoke anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated syndromes. Patients carrying an HLAB27 allele are known to be at higher risk of developing agranulocytosis when treated with levamisole.