Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Jan 2018)

Sarcoidosis with multiple organ involvement associated with necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis

  • Abdullah K Al-Hwiesh,
  • Ibrahiem Saeed Abdul-Rahman,
  • Amani Alhwiesh,
  • Nadia Al-Oudah,
  • Jumana Abdulwahab Alratroo,
  • Nahad Al-Oudah,
  • Fahd A Al-Muhanna,
  • Husain Alsharani,
  • Eman Fathi Ibrahim,
  • Ibrahim Al-Durayash,
  • Abdulhadi Jawad Al-Mubark

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-2442.239649
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 979 – 984

Abstract

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We report a case of a young Saudi male who presented with generalized body weakness and easy fatigability associated with fever, night sweating, loss of weight and appetite, and renal impairment. He was diagnosed as a case of sarcoidosis, and renal biopsy report was consistent with necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN). Immunosuppressive medication was started to help halting the progression to renal failure and stabilize renal function. To the best of our knowledge, the association between sarcoidosis and crescentic GN has been reported in only few cases in literature.