Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Antibdoy - Crescentic Glomerulonephritis Complicating Chronic Bronchiectasis

Abstract

A 68-year-old woman with chronic bronchiectasis presented with haematuria and severe oligoanuric renal failure with no other serious systemic manifestation. Antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibodies and anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies were positive. Renal biopsy revealed anti-GBM crescentic glomerulonephritis. A conservative approach was followed and the patient is stable on chronic haemodialysis 6 months later. To the authors? knowledge, there has only been one previous report of anti-GBM disease complicating bronchiectasis.

• Anca Anti-GBM Disease Bronchiectasis Crescentic Glomerulonephritis