Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Glomerulonephritis Quiz

73-year-old woman presents with hematuria and ARF. Serum creatinine is 10.2 mg/dl.  BP 160/62.  P-ANCA positive. She gives history of hemoptysis in 2005.  What will the renal biopsy show?

ANCA+ with anti-myeloperoxidase titers:
6/14/05        26 units
8/17/05        5.4 units
10/18/05      1.3 units
12/13/05      <1.0 units
11/07/06      1.3 units
05/08/07      2.3 units
08/14/07      16 units
11/25/08      155 units
02/10/09      26 units
05/15/09      15 units          two days after the biopsy   

1 comment:

  1. Pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis; in this setting, most likely MPA.

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