Acute glomerulonephritis in children.

Cortical blindness in a boy with acute glomerulonephritis.

Post-infectious acute glomerulonephritis with hypertensive encephalopathy is characterized by episodic hypertension with headache, vomiting, and hematuria. The association between hypertensive encephalopathy and cortical blindness in children with acute glomerulonephritis is extremely rare. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy with acute glomerulonephritis who presented with gross hematuria,...

Serum C3 levels in acute glomerulonephritis and postnephritic children.

A Clinico-pathological Study of Acute Glomerulonephritis in East African Children.

The assessment of disease incidence in Uganda, an emerging but still young country, presents many problems. Information about a disorder such as acute glomerulonephritis, which has a high spontaneous recovery rate and may present atypical clincal features, is particularly liable to be misleading. The evidence that already exists is conflicting. Luder (1958) saw no cases of 'Type I' nephritis in...

Acute Kidney Injury and Atypical Features during Pediatric Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis

The most common acute glomerulonephritis in children is poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) usually occurring between 3 and 12 years old. Hypertension and gross hematuria are common presenting symptoms. Most PSGN patients do not experience complications, but rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and hypertensive encephalopathy have been reported. This paper reports 17 patients seen in ...

آیا مصرف آنتی‌بیوتیک از شدت تظاهرات بالینی گلومرولونفریت متعاقب استرپتوکوک می‌کاهد؟

    Background & Aim: Antibiotic treatment prevents new episode of Acute Post Streptococcal GlomeruloNephritis (APSGN). In this study we evaluated the correlation of antibiotic therapy and the severity of APSGN in children. Patients and Methods: Between 1989 and 2001, files of all patients with diagnosis of glomerulonephritis were reviewed retrospectively. Inclusion criteria were: 1- hematuria,...

KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS OF SOUTHERN IRAN

In this first report on the experience with renal transplantation in children and adolescents in southern Iran during the past five years, thirty-two patients (aged 5- 19 years old 18 males, 14 females) received renal allografts. Pretransplantation pathologic diagnoses by kidney biopsy were: membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), chr...