Rapidly progressive (crescentric) glomerulonephritis in erythema nodosum leprosum: case report
Vol. 11 No. 1/2 (1986), Original articles
Vol. 11 No. 1/2 (1986)

Rapidly progressive (crescentric) glomerulonephritis in erythema nodosum leprosum: case report

Original articles
https://doi.org/10.47878/hi.1986.v11.35532
Published 1986-11-30
Pranesh Pranesh NIGAM
Reader in Medicine
K.C. PANT
Registrar in Medicine
R.D. MUKHIJA
Professor of Skin, V.D. & Leprosy
S.P. SHARMA
Reader in Pathology
S.P. SAXENAS
Lecturer in Biochemistry
Ajax KUMAR
Lecturer in Cardiology
K.K. KAPOOR
Lecturer in Medicine
A.K. GUPTA
Professor of Medicine Head, Principal & Dean
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Keywords

Leprosy
Erythema nodosum leprosum
Glomerulonephritis

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Pranesh NIGAM P, PANT K, MUKHIJA R, SHARMA S, SAXENAS S, KUMAR A, KAPOOR K, GUPTA A. Rapidly progressive (crescentric) glomerulonephritis in erythema nodosum leprosum: case report. Hansen. Int. [Internet]. 1986 Nov. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 26];11(1/2):1-6. Available from: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/35532
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Abstract

A middle aged man (48 years) with short duration of illness (7 days) was admitted in the state of acute renal failure with erythema nodosum leprosum. He had repeated episodes of erythema nodosum leprosum in the past. His blood pressure was normal (150/80 mm Hg). During his hospital stay he was in the state of progressive anaemia (Hb = 8.8 g/dl to 7.2 g/dl), oliguria (urine out-put = 250-350 ml/day), azotaemia (blood urea = 198 mg/d1 to 218 mg/dl) and impaired renal function tests with fatal outcome. Kidneys were smooth, congested and weighing 150 g each with histological features of rapidly progressive (crescentric) glomerulonephritis, a result of immune complex deposition from recurrent erythema nodosum leprosum episodes.

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