Case of Renal Microaneurysms and Multiple Renal Infarctions in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
10.4078/jrd.2018.25.4.296
- Author:
Jong Wan KANG
1
;
Eun Song LEE
;
Jung Su EUN
;
Na Ri KIM
;
Seung Woo HAN
;
Sang Jin LEE
;
Young Mo KANG
;
Man Hoon HAN
;
Eon Jeong NAM
Author Information
1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. ejnam@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Systemic lupus erythematosus;
Renal microaneurysm;
Renal infarction
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm;
Autoimmune Diseases;
Female;
Humans;
Infarction*;
Korea;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*;
Vasculitis
- From:Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
2018;25(4):296-301
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory, heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody production and the potential involvement of almost every organ system. Although vasculitis usually confined to small vessels is a fairly common feature of SLE, ischemic vasculitis with an aneurysm is an uncommon feature. In particular, renal arterial microaneurysms and multiple renal infarctions are very rarely reported in patients with SLE. Furthermore, to the best of the authors' knowledge, there is no report on renal arterial microaneurysms associated with SLE in Korea. Here, this paper presents a case of renal microaneurysms and multiple renal infarctions in a 41-year-old woman with SLE.
