A case of acute renal failure and IgA nephropathy associated with acute hepatitis A.
- Author:
Se Min LEE
1
;
Byung Soo KIM
;
Gun Woo PARK
;
Min Kyoung LIM
;
Lee So MAENG
;
Seung Hun LEE
;
Yoon Sik CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kbsnep@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acute renal failure;
Acute hepatitis A;
IgA nephropathy
- MeSH:
Acute Kidney Injury*;
Adult;
Biopsy;
Dialysis;
Glomerulonephritis, IGA*;
Hepatitis A virus;
Hepatitis A*;
Hepatitis*;
Humans;
Immunoglobulin A*;
Kidney;
Liver;
Male;
Necrosis;
Renal Insufficiency
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2004;67(Suppl 3):S804-S808
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hepatitis A is usually a mild, non-fulminant, self-limiting disease of the liver. Acute renal failure, in associated with non-fulminant hepatitis A, is extremely rare and is rarely documented by kidney biopsy. Here we report the case of a 28-year old male with acute non-fulminant hepatitis A who developed acute renal failure early in the course of the disease and recovered without dialysis. In this report, renal biopsy was done. The renal biopsy showed acute tubular necrosis and IgA nephropathy. We discuss the mechanism responsible for renal failure in acute hepatitis A virus infection on the basis of presumed pathogenesis and renal biopsy.
