Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated crescentic glomerulonephritis with membranous nephropathy treated using thiamazole

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Tomoko KakitaToru Inoue

Abstract

A 21-year-old woman with nephrotic syndrome was referred to our hospital. She had congenital diaphragmatic hernia, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, and mental retardation, and had been treated for hyperthyroidism with thiamazole in another hospital. Serum creatinine was 37.8 μmol/L and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody against myeloperoxidase (MPO-ANCA) was 39 EU. Urinalyses were 3+ for proteins and 3+ for occult blood. A renal biopsy was performed. An examination using light microscopy (LM) revealed necrotizing glomerulonephritis with crescent formation. Immunofluorescence microscopy showed granular staining with immunoglobulin G and complement component 3 along the capillary walls. Electron microscopy (EM) disclosed subepithelial dense deposits. A renal biopsy suggested necrotizing glomerulonephritis with membranous nephropathy (MN) in stages I or II. Since many cases of drug-induced ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis (AAG) have been reported, we stopped thiamazole and treated with corticosteroid. The MPO-ANCA titer became negative 49 days after the initiation of treatment. Two years after the first treatment, the MPO-ANCA titer became elevated again and was 82 EU. The patient was administered cyclophosphamide and prednison...Continue Reading

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