Renal-limited vasculitis is a pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis with no signs of systemic involvement, representing one of the most common causes of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. The study aims to examine clinical and histological features in twenty-four patients with RLV diagnosed by the Nephrology Department of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, evaluating the role of these parameters in predicting renal survival. Patients details, clinical and histological features and outcomes were recorded at the time of renal biopsy and over a mean follow-up period of 36+/-6 months. In our study, serum creatinine at presentation was significantly higher in patients who had a poor outcome than in those who survived with independent renald function (6.3+/-2.47 mg/dl vs 2.84+/-2.01 mg/dl, P=0.002). The presence of C3c was found in the area of glomerular fibrinoid necrosis and in small arteries and arterioles with fibrinoid necrosis in 17 patients (P=0.018). In conclusion, serum creatinine at presentation and focal C3c depositions in areas of glomerular and arteriolar fibrinoid necrosis were the best determinants of poor renal outcome, maybe underlining the pathogenic role of alternative pathway activation of complement system but also demonstrating the focal distribution of necrotizing lesions.

CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL OUTCOME PREDICTORS IN RENAL LIMITED PAUCI-IMMUNE CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE / Gigante, Antonietta; Salviani, C.; Giannakakis, Konstantinos; Rosato, Edoardo; Barbano, Biagio; Amoroso, Antonio; GASPERINI ZACCO, MARIA LUDOVICA; Nofroni, Italo; Salsano, Felice; Cianci, Rosario; Pugliese, Francesco. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0394-6320. - STAMPA. - 25:1(2012), pp. 287-292.

CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL OUTCOME PREDICTORS IN RENAL LIMITED PAUCI-IMMUNE CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE

Antonietta Gigante;Konstantinos Giannakakis;Edoardo Rosato;Biagio Barbano;Antonio Amoroso;Gasperini;Italo Nofroni;Felice Salsano;Rosario Cianci;Francesco Pugliese
2012

Abstract

Renal-limited vasculitis is a pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis with no signs of systemic involvement, representing one of the most common causes of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. The study aims to examine clinical and histological features in twenty-four patients with RLV diagnosed by the Nephrology Department of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, evaluating the role of these parameters in predicting renal survival. Patients details, clinical and histological features and outcomes were recorded at the time of renal biopsy and over a mean follow-up period of 36+/-6 months. In our study, serum creatinine at presentation was significantly higher in patients who had a poor outcome than in those who survived with independent renald function (6.3+/-2.47 mg/dl vs 2.84+/-2.01 mg/dl, P=0.002). The presence of C3c was found in the area of glomerular fibrinoid necrosis and in small arteries and arterioles with fibrinoid necrosis in 17 patients (P=0.018). In conclusion, serum creatinine at presentation and focal C3c depositions in areas of glomerular and arteriolar fibrinoid necrosis were the best determinants of poor renal outcome, maybe underlining the pathogenic role of alternative pathway activation of complement system but also demonstrating the focal distribution of necrotizing lesions.
2012
anca; pauci-immune crescentic necrotizing glomerulonephritis; renal limited vasculitis; renal vasculitis; vasculitis
01 Pubblicazione su rivista::01a Articolo in rivista
CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL OUTCOME PREDICTORS IN RENAL LIMITED PAUCI-IMMUNE CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE / Gigante, Antonietta; Salviani, C.; Giannakakis, Konstantinos; Rosato, Edoardo; Barbano, Biagio; Amoroso, Antonio; GASPERINI ZACCO, MARIA LUDOVICA; Nofroni, Italo; Salsano, Felice; Cianci, Rosario; Pugliese, Francesco. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0394-6320. - STAMPA. - 25:1(2012), pp. 287-292.
File allegati a questo prodotto
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11573/460867
 Attenzione

Attenzione! I dati visualizzati non sono stati sottoposti a validazione da parte dell'ateneo

Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? 7
  • Scopus 15
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 13
social impact