A Case of Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease Improved by Early Plasmapheresis and Immunosuppression Therapy / 대한신장학회지
Korean Journal of Nephrology
;
: 243-247, 2009.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-38225
ABSTRACT
Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by rapidly progressive renal failure and/or pulmonary hemorrhage. The presence of severe crescentic glomerular inflammation with linear deposition of immunoglobulin G along the glomerular basement membrane is pathognomonic. Because renal function is rapidly and often irretrievably destroyed, many patients require hemodialysis all through their lifetime. We report a case of 33 year(s)-old man who was diagnosed as anti-glomerular basement membrane disease without pulmonary hemorrhage. The patient was treated with pulse methylprednisolone and plasmapheresis followed by oral corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide. His renal function was successfully recovered with early diagnosis and aggressive treatment.
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Main subject:
Autoimmune Diseases
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Immunoglobulin G
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Methylprednisolone
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Renal Dialysis
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Immunosuppression Therapy
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Plasmapheresis
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones
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Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
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Cyclophosphamide
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Early Diagnosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Nephrology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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