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IgA Nephropathy - Beyond the Renal Cortex.

Balaji KirushnanBalasubramaniyum RajuAnila A Kurien
Published in: Indian journal of nephrology (2023)
Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is the most common glomerular disease worldwide. It usually presents as a nephritic syndrome with macroscopic hematuria, oliguria, and proteinuria with or without azotemia. Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with crescents is being described in about 30% of cases and is mostly associated with nephrotic-range proteinuria, accelerated hypertension, and accelerated decline toward end-stage renal disease. Medullary angiitis is a rare finding in renal biopsy and is usually associated with pauci-immune glomerulonephritis. We describe a rare association of medullary angiitis in IgA nephropathy, probably the first reported case in the country.
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