Hepatitis B–Associated Lupus-Like Glomerulonephritis Successfully Treated With Antiretroviral Drugs and Prednisone: A Case Report and Literature Review

Autor: Sasmit Roy MD, Rohan Gupta MD, Sreedhar Adapa MD, Subhashish Bose MD, Amarinder Garcha MD
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, Vol 10 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2324-7096
23247096
DOI: 10.1177/23247096221086451
Popis: Kidney involvement with hepatitis B virus is varied and mostly limited to nephrotic syndrome with membranous nephropathy and nephritic syndrome with membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis. Lupus nephritis is associated with nephritic or nephrotic range proteinuria with most common finding of sub-endothelial electron-dense deposits and immunological stain demonstrating full-house picture with all immunological marker staining. Our case discusses a young male patient presenting with rapidly worsening renal function along with proteinuria, found to be positive for both hepatitis B core antibody along with hepatitis B surface antibody plus positive anti-neutrophilic antibody but negative anti-double-stranded DNA. Kidney biopsy demonstrated hepatitis B–associated lupus-like glomerulonephritis. He responded successfully with antiretroviral therapy and high-dose prednisone. Patient did not need lupus-specific treatment and recovered with antiretroviral therapy only. Hepatitis B–associated lupus-like glomerulonephritis has rarely been reported and possess a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to all nephrologists.
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