Journal of Nephropathology (Jun 2023)

Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as a crescentic glomerulonephritis

  • Gerry George Mathew,
  • Dinesh Babu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.34172/jnp.2023.21434
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. e21434 – e21434

Abstract

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A 48-year-old male patient presented with dialysis dependent renal failure with biopsy showing crescentic glomerulonephritis and Positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT scan) revealing features of pericardial, pulmonary tuberculosis with positive urinary GeneXpert test for tuberculosis bacilli. Clinicians should keep in mind the atypical presentations of tuberculosis while managing rapidly progressive renal failure especially in tropical countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis.

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