Disease or Syndrome
crescentic glomerulonephritis
[ kres-uhn-tic gloh-mer-yuh-loh-nuh-frahy-tis, gluh- ]
Definitions related to crescentic glomerulonephritis:
  • A histopathologic term for a pattern of diseases characterized by extensive crescent formation in the glomeruli; patients present clinically with rapid deterioration of renal function, and possible progression to end-stage renal failure within weeks or months.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A type of extracapillary glomerulonephritis characterized by the formation of crescent-like cellular proliferation.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
  • (idiopathic crescentic glomerulonephritis) Crescentic glomerulonephritis, the cause of which is unknown.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is defined as any glomerular disease characterized by extensive crescents (usually >50%) as the principal histologic finding and by a rapid loss of renal function (usually a 50% decline in the glomerular filtration rate [GFR] within 3 mo) as the clinical correlate. The image shown below...
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
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