Membranous nephropathy as a rare renal manifestation of IgG4-related disease

AA Kurien; A Raychaudhury; PD Walker

doi:10.4103/0971-4065.143300

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Year : 2015 | Volume : 25 | Issue : 3 | Page : 164-167

Membranous nephropathy as a rare renal manifestation of IgG4-related disease

AA Kurien¹, A Raychaudhury², PD Walker³
¹ Department of Renal Pathology, Center for Renal and Urological Pathology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
² Department of Nephrology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
³ Department of Renal Pathology, Nephropath, Little Rock, AR, USA

Correspondence Address:
A A Kurien
Center for Renal and Urological Pathology, AL 190, 1st Street, 12th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai - 600 040
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.143300

IgG4-related disease, a newly described immune-mediated disorder with tissue infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells, has been reported in nearly every organ. In the kidney, it manifests as IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) but may also present as membranous nephropathy. We report a patient with IgG4 renal disease who had membranous nephropathy as well as TIN.

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