Steroid pulse therapy transiently destroys the discriminative histological structure of tonsils in IgA nephropathy: Tonsillectomy should be performed before or just after steroid pulse therapy

Tonsillectomy combined with steroid-pulse therapy is considered a reasonable treatment for IgAN. Steroid-pulse therapy-induced histological changes in tonsils were transient, indicating tonsillectomy should be performed before or just after steroid-pulse therapy.