ISSN:
1573-2584
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract In a 39-year-old woman suffering for five years from chronic pyelonephritis with a stationary course, a sudden lethal renal failure occurred after an intercurrent febrile respiratory disease. The autopsy revealed scarred pyelonephritic kidneys with swollen hypertrophic areas. Microscopically, in sclerotic segments the glomeruli either were preserved or exhibited only various stages of vascular atrophy. Outside the pyelonephritic areas, however, massive subacute extra-intracapillary glomerulonephritis with typical “crescents” was apparent. — The role played by preexistent renal lesion in the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis, and some problems involved in the diagnosis of coexistent glomerulo- and pyelonephritis, are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02081756
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