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- Title
PLA2R-positive membranous nephropathy in IgG4-related disease.
- Authors
Ushio, Yusuke; Akihisa, Taro; Karasawa, Kazunori; Seki, Momoko; Kobayashi, Shizuka; Miyabe, Yoei; Kataoka, Hiroshi; Ito, Naoko; Taneda, Sekiko; Akiyama, Shin'ichi; Hebisawa, Akira; Kawano, Mitsuhiro; Honda, Kazuho; Hoshino, Junichi
- Abstract
Background: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory disease that affects multiple organs, including the pancreas, lacrimal glands, salivary glands, periaortic/retroperitoneum, and kidney. Interstitial nephritis is a typical renal disorder associated with IgG4-RD, but membranous nephropathy is also seen in some cases. Case presentation: Herein we report on the case of a 77-year-old male patient with nephrotic syndrome and IgG4-related lung disease. His serum phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) antibody was positive. His renal biopsy specimen was also positive for PLA2R. The renal biopsy specimen showed membranous nephropathy with equal IgG3 and IgG4 immunofluorescence staining and no interstitial nephritis, suggesting IgG4-RD manifesting as membranous nephropathy. Conclusions: Nephrotic syndrome caused by membranous nephropathy is sometimes associated with IgG4-RD. In such cases, even if serum PLA2R antibody is positive, it should be considered that the membranous nephropathy may be secondary to IgG4-RD.
- Subjects
KIDNEY diseases; LACRIMAL apparatus; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; INTERSTITIAL nephritis; RENAL biopsy; SALIVARY glands; KIDNEY glomerulus diseases
- Publication
BMC Nephrology, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2369
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s12882-024-03511-3