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ArticleJournal of medical cases2019

Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis as a Sole Manifestation of Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease.

Manaf Aljishi, Zaw Thet, Thin Han, Krishan Madhan

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Article in Journal of medical cases, 2019. 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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4 authors.

Manaf AljishiRenal Department, Rockhampton Hospital, Queensland, Australia.
Zaw ThetRenal Department, Rockhampton Hospital, Queensland, Australia.
Thin HanMedicine and Nephrology, Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton QLD 4700, Australia.
Krishan MadhanRenal Medicine Department, Hervey Bay Hospital, Queensland, Australia.

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Abstract

This is a case report of a patient who developed severe acute kidney disease with kidney biopsy showing interstitial nephritis, plasma cell infiltration and immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) expression consistent with IgG4-related kidney disease. There were no other systemic features of IgG4-related disease. The patient was treated with corticosteroids and mycophenolate. This case highlights the need to consider IgG4-related kidney disease even in the absence of other systemic features. Isolated renal involvement is underrecognized and can lead to missed diagnosis. It also illustrates that mycophenolate can be used as a steroid sparing agent in this condition; an observation that adds to the limited literature in this field.

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Acute renal failureIgG4IgG4-related diseaseIgG4-related kidney diseaseTubulointerstitial nephritis

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PMID34434307
PMCPMC8383568

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