An 82 year old female with a recent history of being
diagnosed with pneumonia presents to the emergency department with generalized
weakness and fatigue. She syas
that her urine has been lately dark-colored in the morning. She is found to
have hematuria and proteinuria. Her
past medical history is notable for recent pneumonia, asthma, chronic
bronchitis, hypertension, history of supraventricular tachycardia,, pulmonary
nodules, hypercholesterolemia. Medications include Flovent 110 mcg 2 puffs twice
daily, albuterol as needed, metoprolol tartrate 5 mg one daily, amlodipine 5 mg
one daily, furosemide 10 mg one daily, Allegra 60 mg one daily, aspirin 81 mg one
daily. Family history: no renal disease. Social history: remote tobacco abuse
(quit 50 years ago), no alcohol or illicit drug use. Review of systems is unremarkable.
Examination is notable for a BP of 164/84 mmHg, heart rate 70 beats/minute, respirations 20/minute,
temperature 98.2, O2 saturation 99% on room air, but is otherwise negative.
Laboratory data shows: WBC 6.9, HCT 34.7%, Hb 11.9 g/dL, Platelets
207 thousands, Na 140 mEq/L, K 4.8 mEq/L, Gluc 92 g/dL, BUN 15, Cr 0.55 mg/dL.
Urinalysis shows: color -dark yellow, leukocyte esterase trace, nitrate
negative, protein 3+, blood 3+, WBC 10-15, RBC 60-70, bacteria 2+. A renal biopsy is performed.
What is the differential diagnosis and what is the biopsy likely to show?
differential diagnosis
ReplyDelete1.ANCA - Small-vessel vasculitis
2.anti -GBM NEPHRITIS
3.post infection GN
what is the biopsy likely to show?
1..segmental fibrinoid necrosis with or without small crescent
2..mesangial and intra- capillary hypercellularity
I guess the clue is the upper airway disease - wegeners has got to be up there
ReplyDeleteThe history of asthma suggests Churg-Strauss Syndrome
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