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  • Title: Crescentic glomerulonephritis complicating idiopathic membranous glomerulonephropathy.
    Author: Mitas JA, Frank LR, Swerdlin AR, Johnson DL, Rabetoy GM.
    Journal: South Med J; 1983 May; 76(5):664-7. PubMed ID: 6844975.
    Abstract:
    We describe the course of a patient with multiple rectal abscesses and progressive renal dysfunction. A renal biopsy demonstrated a membranous glomerulopathy associated with extensive crescent formation. No underlying cause for the glomerulonephritis could be identified and, specifically, the anti-GBM antibody present in other similar cases was not found. There appears to be a subset of patients with membranous glomerulopathy in whom crescents develop with rapid loss of renal function. Anti-GBM antibody is not necessary in the pathogenesis of this lesion.
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