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Extracapillary glomerulonephritis in a patient with juvenile chronic arthritis
J C Mertens1, T W Huizinga, E C Hagen
1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
A patient with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) in remission developed the nephrotic syndrome 17 years after the onset of the disease. A renal biopsy showed diffuse extracapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis without immune complex deposits. The patient was treated with glucocortico-steroids and cyclophosphamide. Extracapillary glomerulonephritis without immune complex deposits appears to be a rare complication of JCA.