Autor: |
Emmett Tsz Yeung Wong, Manjari Lahiri, Ming Teh, Christopher Cheang Han Leo |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2019 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 49-54 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2296-9705 |
DOI: |
10.1159/000500296 |
Popis: |
IgG4-related kidney disease has been relatively newly recognized over the last two decades as a combination of an autoimmune and allergic disorder, with elevated serum IgG4 level and hypocomplementemia among its characteristic features. Here we report the case of a man with interstitial nephritis presenting with acute kidney injury and hypocomplementemia but normal serum IgG4 level and provide a literature review of IgG4-related kidney disease. This case highlights the importance of IgG4-related kidney disease as an important differential diagnosis in any patient presenting with a clinical syndrome mimicking acute interstitial nephritis with hypocomplementemia. A high index of suspicion with a low threshold for performing a native kidney biopsy would be paramount as patients do respond well to corticosteroid therapy. |
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