Moscoso-Solorzano Grace T, Madureira-Silva Marcus V, Balda Carlos, Franco Marcello F, Mastroianni-Kirsztajn Gianna
Glomerulopathy Section, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Nephron Extra. 2011 Jan;1(1):69-72. doi: 10.1159/000331217. Epub 2011 Sep 8.
There are few reports of glomerulonephritis (GN) with crescents and a rapidly progressive course that lead to a diagnosis of a previously unsuspected B-cell dyscrasia.
We report a case of rapidly progressive GN: the patient showed no evidence of etiology at the time of biopsy and was diagnosed as IgA multiple myeloma (MM) during investigation based on a renal biopsy. He presented diffuse proliferative and exudative GN and marked plasma cell infiltration of the kidney.
The present case raises the possibility that proliferative GN with crescents may be a rare mode of presentation of MM.
新月体性肾小球肾炎(GN)伴快速进展病程且导致诊断出先前未被怀疑的B细胞发育异常的报道较少。
我们报告一例快速进展性GN病例:该患者活检时未发现病因证据,在基于肾活检的调查过程中被诊断为IgA型多发性骨髓瘤(MM)。他表现为弥漫性增殖性和渗出性GN以及肾脏明显的浆细胞浸润。
本病例提示新月体性增殖性GN可能是MM一种罕见的表现形式。