Gerry George Mathew
1* 
, Dinesh Babu
21 Department of Nephrology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India-603203
2 Department of General Medicine, Shree Balaji Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India-6000044
Abstract
A 48-year-old male patient presented with dialysis dependent renal failure with biopsy showing crescentic glomerulonephritis and Positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT scan) revealing features of pericardial, pulmonary tuberculosis with positive urinary GeneXpert test for tuberculosis bacilli. Clinicians should keep in mind the atypical presentations of tuberculosis while managing rapidly progressive renal failure especially in tropical countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis.
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Disseminated tuberculosis may manifest as rapidly progressive renal failure with crescentic glomerulonephritis on biopsy.
Please cite this paper as: Mathew GG, Babu D. Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as a crescentic glomerulonephritis. J Nephropathol. 2023;12(3):e21434. DOI: 10.34172/jnp.2023.21434.