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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2017

Lupus Nephritis with Thymoma Managed by Thoracoscopic Surgery and Prednisolone.

Takashi Iijima, Junichi Hoshino, Kenmei Takaichi, Tadashi Kohno, Takeshi Fujii, Kenichi Ohashi, Yoshifumi Ubara

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takashi IijimaNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Japan.
Junichi HoshinoNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Japan.
Kenmei TakaichiNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Japan.
Tadashi KohnoDepartment of Chest Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Japan.
Takeshi FujiiDepartment of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Japan.
Kenichi OhashiDepartment of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital, Japan.
Yoshifumi UbaraNephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Japan.
Toranomon Hospital · JPYokohama City University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 48-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital to undergo evaluation for fatigue, severe weight loss, and nephrotic range proteinuria. Light microscopy of a renal biopsy specimen revealed class III (A) lupus nephritis, while immunofluorescence and electron microscopy only showed sparse immune deposits with findings that were not typical of lupus nephritis. Computed tomography revealed a mass in the anterior mediastinum, which was resected. The examination of the surgical specimen revealed type A noninvasive thymoma. In combination with thymomectomy, postoperative steroid therapy achieved the prompt remission of lupus nephritis. In this patient, thymoma-related autoimmunity may have contributed to the exacerbation of lupus nephritis.

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Antineoplastic Agents, HormonalFemaleHumansLupus NephritisMicroscopy, ElectronMiddle AgedPrednisoloneProteinuriaThoracoscopyThymomaThymus NeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalPrednisolonenephrotic syndromesystemic lupus erythematosusthymoma

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