genitourinary disorders
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
Introduction
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis is acute nephritic syndrome accompanied by microscopic glomerular crescent formation with progression to renal failure within weeks to months. Diagnosis is based on history, urinalysis, serologic tests, and renal biopsy. Treatment is with corticosteroids, with or withoutcyclophosphamideorrituximab, and sometimes plasma exchange. Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), a type of Overview of Nephritic Syndrome , is a pathologic diagnosis accompanied by extensive glomerular crescent formation (ie, 