Crescentic Glomerulonephritis, A Rare Presentation of Alport Syndrome
نویسنده : Tahereh Malakoutian; Fatemeh Nili; Sholeh Ghasemi Darbrood; Samaneh Salarvand; Mitra Mehrazma
تاریخ انتشار : 1402/01/06
Alport syndrome is a progressive form
of hereditary nephritis presenting with hematuria and progression to proteinuria and
renal failure. Herein we present a 16-year-old male with rapidly progressive
glomerulonephritis syndrome, sensory-neural hearing loss, and a family history of
hematuria and proteinuria in his mother and aunt. Light microscopic examination shows
cellular crescent in glomeruli. In an electron microscopy study, GBM changes
compatible with Alport syndrome were identified. Alport syndrome rarely can be
presented as crescentic GN. Electron microscopy is necessary for the diagnosis of this
type of pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis.