Antiglomerular basement membrane antibody type rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with seizures: Two cases and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is clinically manifestations as a rapidly progressive renal failure and pathologically as crescentic and necrotizing lesions with infiltration of inflammatory cells in the glomeruli. Uremic encephalopathy (UE) usually develops in patients who are suffering from acute or chronic renal failure.

Objective

The purpose of this article is to provide reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment of renal disease complicated with seizures. Patients Two cases of anti-glomerular basement membrane type rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis complicated with seizures were reported.

Materials & methods

In case 1, a 40-year-old woman was hospitalized for the treatment of nausea, anorexia, and fever. On admission, she present

SUBMITTER: Han C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10632087 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature