Open AccessImmune complex-mediated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a patient with family history of systemic lupus erythematosus
Author(s) -
Ahmad Alflaiw,
Ghormallah Alghamdi,
Khalid Alsaad,
Noura Aloudah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.243949
Subject(s) - medicine , glomerulonephritis , rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis , sputum , family history , immunology , daughter , dry cough , immune complex , lupus erythematosus , immune system , dermatology , pathology , tuberculosis , kidney , antibody , evolutionary biology , biology
We describe here a case of a 53-year-old Saudi female who presented to the emergency room with shortness of breath progressive in nature for the previous one month, associated with a cough and occasional greenish sputum. She turned out to be a case of immunocomplex mediated glomerulonephritis presenting as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a female patient with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in her daughter.