Renal vasculitis with HIV seropositivity: potential manifestation of cytomegalovirus infection

Am J Kidney Dis. 1997 Sep;30(3):428-32. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90289-4.

Abstract

The associations among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and its variant, "collapsing glomerulopathy," often leading to chronic renal failure, are well described. HIV-seropositive patients may also develop a variety of immune complex-mediated glomerular diseases, including postinfectious glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Herein we describe a case of pauci-immune necrotizing renal vasculitis in an HIV-seropositive patient, thereby expanding the differential diagnosis of acute renal failure in this setting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / etiology*
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications*
  • Humans
  • Kidney / blood supply*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Vasculitis / etiology*