Etiology and Outcome of Crescentic Glomerulonephritis.
Indian Pediatr
; 2013 March; 50(3): 283-288
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To determine the etiology, course and predictors of outcome in children with crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN). Studydesign:
Retrospective, descriptive study.Setting:
Pediatric Nephrology Clinic at a referral center in Northern India.Methods:
Clinic records of patients aged <18 year with crescentic GN diagnosed from 2001-2010 and followed at least 12-months were reviewed. Crescentic GN, defined as crescents in ≥50% glomeruli, was classified based on immunofluorescence findings and serology. Risk factors for renal loss (chronic kidney disease stage 4-5) were determined.Results:
Of 36 patients, (median age 10 yr) 17 had immune complex GN and 19 had pauci-immune crescentic GN. The etiologies of the former were lupus nephritis (n=4), postinfectious GN (3), and IgA nephropathy, Henoch Schonlein purpura and membranoproliferative GN type II (2 each). Three patients with pauci-immune GN showed antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). Rapidly progressive GN was present in 33 patients, and required dialysis in 12. At median 34 (19-72) months, 2 patients with immune complex GN and 8 with pauci-immune GN showed renal loss. Renal survival was 94.1% at 3 yr, and 75.3% at 8 yr in immune complex GN; in pauci-immune GN survival was 63.2% and 54.1%, respectively (P=0.054). Risk factors for renal loss were oliguria at presentation (hazards ratio, HR 10.50; P=0.037) and need for dialysis (HR 6.33; P=0.024); there was inverse association with proportion of normal glomeruli (HR 0.91; P=0.042).Conclusions:
Pauci-immune GN constitutes one-half of patients with crescentic GN at this center. Patients with pauci-immune GN, chiefly ANCA negative, show higher risk of disease progression. Renal loss is related to severity of initial presentation and extent of glomerular involvement.
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Language:
En
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2013
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