Case Reports
Vol. 70 No. 2 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2018.1037

Pulmonary cavitary lesions may be one of the presenting features in Ig A nephropathy

Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
Received: 1 July 2017
Published: 6 July 2018
1566
Views
885
Downloads
Ig A nephropathy, Pulmonary renal syndrome, Pulmonary cavity.
Rheumatology

Authors

B. Isci
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
T.S. Gamsiz
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
S. Kayipmaz
Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
O. Keskin
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
M.E. Tezcan
engintez@yahoo.com
Department of Rheumatology, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Immunoglobulin A (Ig A) nephropathy is the most frequent primary glomerulonephritis. Renal limited disease is the most widespread clinical form of the disease. Pulmonary involvement may also be seen concomitantly and capillaritis with pulmonary hemorrhage is the most frequent pulmonary involvement. In this paper, for the first time in literature, we describe an Ig A nephropathy patient with multiple pulmonary cavities as one of the presenting features of the disease. Also, no other etiology for the cavities was found other than Ig A nephropathy. Herein, possible pathogenesis might be capillaritis or deposition of immune complexes. As a result, it should be kept in mind that pulmonary cavity may be the presenting feature of Ig A nephropathy especially with other frequent signs of the disease.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Supporting Agencies

None
B. Isci, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
M.D.
T.S. Gamsiz, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
M.D.
S. Kayipmaz, Department of Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
M.D.
O. Keskin, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
M.D.
M.E. Tezcan, Department of Rheumatology, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
M.D.

How to Cite



1.
Pulmonary cavitary lesions may be one of the presenting features in Ig A nephropathy. Reumatismo [Internet]. 2018 Jul. 6 [cited 2026 Aug. 24];70(2):111-4. Available from: https://www.reumatismo.org/reuma/article/view/1037

PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.