Atypical presentation of acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis in patients with sickle cell disease: report of two cases.

Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes NevesBernardo Vergara ReichertRamaiane Aparecida BridiLuis YuCristiane Bitencourt DiasRafaela Brito Bezerra PinheiroLeonardo de Abreu TestagrossaLívia Barreira CavalcanteDenise Maria Avancini Costa MalheirosLectícia Barbosa JorgeViktoria Woronik

Published in: BMC nephrology (2020)

The presentation of the two cases reported here are not typical of SCD-related kidney injury. Analysis of the renal biopsy specimens elucidated the diagnosis, affecting the prognosis, because that of APIGN is highly favourable, unlike that of nephrotic syndrome associated with SCD glomerulopathy.

Keyphrases

sickle cell disease
fine needle aspiration
liver failure
case report
drug induced
respiratory failure
ultrasound guided
intensive care unit
acute respiratory distress syndrome