IgA Nephropathy in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Karakose S., Unverdi S., Koc E., ENSARİ A., Duranay M.

TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL, vol.25, no.2, pp.205-207, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5262/tndt.2016.1002.15
  • Journal Name: TURKISH NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.205-207
  • Keywords: IgA nephropathy, Lupus nephritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder. One of the most typical aspects of SLE is renal involvement. Lupus nephritis is a serious disease whose prognosis can usually be improved dramatically by treatment. The occurrence of non-lupus nephritis in SLE patients has rarely been reported. IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) and lupus nephritis (LN) have quite different laboratory, histopathologic findings and extra-renal clinical manifestations. In the light of these data we thought that IgAN and LN have different pathogeneses. We report a patient with SLE in whom IgA nephropathy was diagnosed.