Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl
July 2020
Acute crescentic transformation is a rare but well described event in patients with membranous glomerulonephritis. We report our experience with a 66-year-old Caucasian man presented for rapid decline in renal function. For nearly 10 years, he was suffering from hypertension and mixed sensori-motor polyneuropathy.
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September 2015
The Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare form of Langherans cells. Since 1987 it is distinguished from other istiocytosis previously identified. The diagnosis of the disease relies on defined radiological (bone imaging) and pathological (histiocytic infiltration) criteria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWegener Granulomatosis is a systemic Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-associated Vasculitis, affecting small-to-medium vessels. Clinical presentation with simultaneous involvement of kidney and upper and lower respiratory tract is unusual. We report an instructive case of WG, analyzing clinical course, laboratory, and radiological features, kidney, lung, and larynx histological pictures.
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