Necrotic crescentic glomerulonephritis and IGA nephropathy : lee-Haas classification revisited

Abstract EN

Capillary necrosis is frequently encountered in most forms of proliferative glomerulonephritis, and varies in severity from only occasional finding to severe form of glomerular vacuities.

We report a patient who presented with features of acute glomerulonephritis.

Kidney biopsy showed crescents in 30% of the glomeruli, diffuse meningeal expansion and hyper cellularity with IgA deposits on immunofluorescence.

The relevance of the Lee-Haas classification is discussed in relation to assessing prognosis.