Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease in a 10-year-old Child: A Case Report.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
; 61(262): 552-554, 2023 Jun 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37464846
ABSTRACT
Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease is an extremely uncommon entity in children. It has an incidence of 0.5 to 1 per million per year in adults and is even more uncommon in children. It occurs due to autoantibody against glomerular basement membrane collagen and is characterized by rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with or without pulmonary hemorrhage. As the literature on anti-glomerular basement membrane disease is limited from our part of the world, it is important to consider it as the rare cause of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis as early intervention improves prognosis. We report a case of a 10-year-old male who initially presented with glomerulonephritis and later was diagnosed with anti-glomerular basement membrane disease. Keywords basement membrane; case reports; glomerulonephritis; kidney.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
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Glomerulonephritis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nepal