Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease without Linear IgG Deposits in an Elderly Patient with Metastatic Rectal Cancer: A Case Report
This case underscores the diagnostic challenges and therapeutic decision-making in patients who present with features suggestive of anti-GBM disease, characterized by positive anti-GBM antibodies but absent immune deposits, especially when accompanied by malignancy, prior exposure to immunosuppressive therapy, and concurrent infections.
Authors
- Michel Alexandre Yazbek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3233-9506)
- Rayan Hafez
- Ghenwa K. Dakdouki
- Hala Kfoury
- Louaa Chebbo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0689-9398)
- Youssef Kteich
Institutions
- American University of Beirut Medical Center (LB)
- Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center (LB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biomedicine Hub
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000549688
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47