Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3335692 | Transfusion and Apheresis Science | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A young patient with hemolytic–uremic syndrome and malignant hypertension with serious deterioration of renal function is described whose biopsy specimen showed additional IgA mesangial deposits. The patient responded to steroid treatment and to plasma exchange therapy without the need of hemodialysis sessions. In the following years, he achieved clinical remission and his blood pressure was in normal ranges without any further complications. IgA glomerulonephritis is rarely associated to hemolytic–uremic syndrome and malignant hypertension, with only a few previously described cases. We present an overview of potential pathophysiological connections between these diseases.
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Authors
Chrysoula Pipili, Konstantinos Pantelias, Nikos Papaioannou, Helen Paraskevakou, Eirini Grapsa,