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Kidney transplantation for a patient with refractory childhood-onset ANCA-associated vasculitis.
- Source :
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Modern rheumatology [Mod Rheumatol] 2016; Vol. 26 (2), pp. 307-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Mar 19. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- A 14-year-old Japanese girl was admitted to our institution for the evaluation of renal dysfunction. Her serum creatinine was 1.1 mg/dL, proteinuria was 1.5 g/day, the urine sediment contained numerous erythrocytes per high-power field, and she was positive for myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA). Proteinuria was first noted at the age of 12 years. Renal biopsy showed crescentic glomerulonephritis with slight immunoglobulin A (IgA) deposition. A diagnosis of ANCA-associated vasculitis was made. Immunosuppressive therapy was initiated, including steroid pulse therapy and intravenous cyclophosphamide pulse therapy, but hemodialysis was required after 6 years. Eight months after the patient became anuric and her MPO-ANCA titer became negative, living-related donor kidney transplantation was done from her mother. ANCA became slightly positive 2 years later, but the patient remains stable without proteinuria or hematuria at 4 years after surgery. This case suggests that kidney transplantation can be performed successfully for a patient with refractory childhood-onset ANCA-associated vasculitis, and that remission of vasculitis associated with ANCA negativity at transplantation may contribute to a better renal prognosis in this patient.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis immunology
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic immunology
Female
Humans
Kidney Function Tests
Peroxidase immunology
Proteinuria immunology
Treatment Outcome
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis surgery
Kidney Transplantation
Proteinuria surgery
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1439-7609
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Modern rheumatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24645722
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/14397595.2013.877327