Extracapillary glomerulonephritis in a patient with juvenile chronic arthritis.

Mertens, J C; Huizinga, T W; Hagen, E C; Hollander, A A; Peeters, A J; Bruijn, J A; MacFarlane, J D; Dijkmans, B A · J Rheumatol · 1996

case_report · Level V

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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.

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