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A case of severe anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-positive crescentic glomerulonephritis and asymptomatic gastric cancer

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A 64-year-old man presented with symptoms of systemic immune disease dominated by rapidly progressive glomerular injury with highly positive ANCA of cytoplasmic distribution. The clinical course was characterized by dependence upon the intensity of immunosuppression, which has finally led to development of fungal septicaemia and death. The post mortem examination revealed occult gastric cancer with regional lymphatic involvement and crescentic glomerulonephritis, while failing to substantiate clinical findings of systemic vasculitis. This is, to our knowledge, the first case of ANCA-positive glomerulonephritis accompanying visceral malignancy and as such raises the question of whether it results from a simple coincidence or a causal relationship.

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Academy of Medicine, Wrocław, Poland

    Z. Hruby, W. Kopeć & Z. Szewczyk

  2. Department of Pathology, Academy of Medicine, Wrocław, Poland

    A. Bronowicz & J. Rabczyński

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Hruby, Z., Bronowicz, A., Rabczyński, J. et al. A case of severe anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-positive crescentic glomerulonephritis and asymptomatic gastric cancer. International Urology and Nephrology 26, 579–586 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02767663

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