Korean Journal of Nephrology  2004;23(6):1004-1008

A Case of Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis Associated with Hepatitis C Virus.

Chi Hun CHOI 1 ; Kweon Woo HAN ; Kwang Hyuk PARK ; Chull Sung JUNG ; Seong Gyun KIM ; Ji Eun OH ; Jang Won SEO ; Young Ki LEE ; Ja Ryong KOO ; Hyung Jik KIM ; Jung Woo NOH ; Chong Woo YOO

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Keywords

HCV; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Chronic HCV infection has been reported to be associated with several extrahepatic conditions such as cryoglobulinemia, lymphoma, lichen planus, porphyria cutanea tarda, autoimmune thyroiditis, and renal disease. Glomerular disease may occur in patients with chronic HCV infection. The most common patterns are membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and less frequently, membranous nephropathy, fibrillary glomerulonephritis and immunotactoid glomerulopathy. Few crescentic glomerulonephritis has been reported in association with HCV infection, and no case was reported in Korea yet. We experienced one case of rapidly progressive glomeruloinephritis with the pathology of crescentic glomerulonephritis complicated in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a patient with HCV infection.