Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis as presenting feature of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Bangladeshi male patient: a rare case report

Authors

  • Samiha Haque Resident Medical officer, Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Ishrat Jahan Assistant Registrar, Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Tufayel Ahmed Chowdhury Registrar, Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Muhammad Abdur Rahim Associate Professor, Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Mehruba Alam Ananna Associate Professor, Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Sarwar Iqbal Professor, Nephrology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v10i2.47748

Keywords:

male patient, presentation, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract

Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis is one of the most dramatic and tragic presentations of lupus nephritis (LN) or renal manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A 35-year-old Bangladeshi gentleman presented with worsening oedema, scanty, high colored, frothy urine and deteriorating renal function. He had puffy face, anaemia, oedema, normal jugular venous pressure (JVP), high blood pressure (150/90 mm Hg), ascites and bilateral pleural effusions. Diagnostic work-up confirmed SLE with class IV LN. His initial response to specific therapy showed improvement

Birdem Med J 2020; 10(2): 137-138

Downloads

Abstract
49
PDF
76

Downloads

Published

2020-06-23

How to Cite

Haque, S., Jahan, I., Chowdhury, T. A., Rahim, M. A., Ananna, M. A., & Iqbal, S. (2020). Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis as presenting feature of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Bangladeshi male patient: a rare case report. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 10(2), 137–138. https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v10i2.47748

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Case Reports