Recurrence of ANCA-negative renal-limited pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in the renal allograft
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (PICGN). A small subgroup of patients with PICGN are anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) negative. We report a case of a patient with ANCA-negative renal-limited form of PICGN who developed ESRD despite treatment. He underwent live-related renal allograft transplantation after 12 months on haemodialysis. In the eighth post-transplant month, he developed graft dysfunction, which on evaluation turned out to be a graft recurrence of the basic disease in the form of PICGN. He received treatment with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide and plasmapheresis. However, his renal functions did not improve and he developed graft loss in the 11th post-transplant month and was started on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. We report a rare recurrence of renal-limited PICGN in the allograft. Patients with PICGN undergoing renal transplantation should be followed up carefully, and an early biopsy should be performed in the case of graft dysfunction to deal with this potentially graft-threatening complication.
Date Issued
2013-10-01
Date Acceptance
2013-07-12
Citation
Clinical Kidney Journal, 2013, 6 (5), pp.519-522
ISSN
2048-8505
Publisher
European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA)
Start Page
519
End Page
522
Journal / Book Title
Clinical Kidney Journal
Volume
6
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064517
PII: sft095
Subjects
anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)
pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (PICGN)
renal-limited vasculitis
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2013-09-03