Systemic scleroderma associated to a glomerulonephritis with anti-MPO antibodies: a case report and literature review Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Besides the classic "renal crisis", a well known form of acute renal failure sometimes complicating scleroderma, another type of acute renal injury, even rarer and not well recognized, does exist: a crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with ANCA, and more seldom with anti-GBM antibodies, which is often (but not always) secondary to the use of D-penicillamine. We report the case of a 70 years-old female who presented with a severe acute renal ...