Pediatric lupus nephritis presenting with terminal renal failure
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- MARTINE BESOUW (UGent) , Johan Vande Walle (UGent) , Mohamad Ikram Ilias (UGent) , Ann Raes (UGent) , Agnieszka Prytula-Ebels (UGent) , Lieve Claeys and Jo Dehoorne (UGent)
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- A 12-year-old Congolese girl presented with acute renal failure, edema, hypertension, hemoptysis, hematuria, and proteinuria after a history of throat infection. Renal ultrasound showed kidneys of normal size, with increased echogenicity of the cortical parenchyma and decreased corticomedullary differentiation. Other additional investigations showed pancytopenia with decreased complement (low C3 and C4). Antinuclear antibodies were strongly positive, including anti-double stranded DNA. Renal biopsy confirmed severe grade IV lupus nephritis. She was treated with high-dose steroids, mycophenolate mofetil and hydroxychloroquine, in addition to hemodialysis. After oneweek of intensive treatment, diuresis recovered and dialysis could be stopped after six sessions. We describe an uncommon case of severe lupus nephritis, presenting with terminal renal failure. Since the rarity of this disease presentation, other more common diagnoses have to be considered. Once the diagnosis of lupus nephritis is established, a choice has to be made between the different induction treatment protocols. The patient's ethnic background and other supportive therapies, such as the need for dialysis, can help to make this choice.
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- Systemic lupus erythematosus, Lupus nephritis, Acute renal failure, Terminal renal failure, Dialysis, Differential diagnosis
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8525098
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- BESOUW, MARTINE, et al. “Pediatric Lupus Nephritis Presenting with Terminal Renal Failure.” ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, vol. 71, no. 6, 2016, pp. 455–57, doi:10.1080/17843286.2016.1159383.
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- BESOUW, M., Vande Walle, J., Ilias, M. I., Raes, A., Prytula-Ebels, A., Claeys, L., & Dehoorne, J. (2016). Pediatric lupus nephritis presenting with terminal renal failure. ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, 71(6), 455–457. https://doi.org/10.1080/17843286.2016.1159383
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- BESOUW, MARTINE, Johan Vande Walle, Mohamad Ikram Ilias, Ann Raes, Agnieszka Prytula-Ebels, Lieve Claeys, and Jo Dehoorne. 2016. “Pediatric Lupus Nephritis Presenting with Terminal Renal Failure.” ACTA CLINICA BELGICA 71 (6): 455–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/17843286.2016.1159383.
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- BESOUW, MARTINE, Johan Vande Walle, Mohamad Ikram Ilias, Ann Raes, Agnieszka Prytula-Ebels, Lieve Claeys, and Jo Dehoorne. 2016. “Pediatric Lupus Nephritis Presenting with Terminal Renal Failure.” ACTA CLINICA BELGICA 71 (6): 455–457. doi:10.1080/17843286.2016.1159383.
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- 1.BESOUW M, Vande Walle J, Ilias MI, Raes A, Prytula-Ebels A, Claeys L, et al. Pediatric lupus nephritis presenting with terminal renal failure. ACTA CLINICA BELGICA. 2016;71(6):455–7.
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- [1]M. BESOUW et al., “Pediatric lupus nephritis presenting with terminal renal failure,” ACTA CLINICA BELGICA, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 455–457, 2016.
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