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Published on: August 19, 2020
Acute glomerulonephritis superimposed on focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: a case report
1Department of Pediatrics, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan. hirotana@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
A 9-year-old boy was referred to our hospital because of significant hematuria and proteinuria associated with hypocomplementemia. Although he had had a 3-year history of asymptomatic persistent proteinuria detected by urine screening of school children, he did not visit a physician. Finally, he visited a regional hospital, and hypocomplementemia was noted there. A percutaneous renal biopsy performed hospital day 4 revealed diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis with severe tubulointerstitial changes. Although his hematuria and hypocomplementemia spontaneously subsided within a month, proteinuria remained. A renal biopsy performed 4 months after the first renal biopsy revealed the lesion suggesting advanced focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Despite corticosteroid treatment, his proteinuria persisted, and he developed end stage renal failure. These clinical observation indicated that he had acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) superimposed on non-nephrotic FSGS, and that the episode of AGN might cause exacerbation of the FSGS.
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