Successful use of rituximab in glomerular basement membrane nephritis associated with HIV interstitial nephritis secondary to Castleman disease .
We report a case of glomerular basement membrane crescentic glomerulonephritis and multicentric Castleman disease-associated interstitial nephritis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The patient received corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, and plasmapheresis, and within 3 weeks, there was worsening thrombocytopenia, anemia, and renal function requiring initiation of hemodialysis. He then received 8 weekly doses of rituximab, and there was steady improvement in renal function, such that he stopped dialysis within 6 weeks and has remained in disease remission at 1-year follow-up. This is the first case report of acute kidney injury caused by both antiglomerular basement membrane disease and multicentric Castleman disease, with a favorable response to rituximab.
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Source: Clinical Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Calabro N, Henriksen K, Lim SH, Kerns E Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research
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