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21.04.2024 | Case Report

A case report and literature review of IgA nephropathy presenting as nephrotic syndrome in polycythemia vera

A 66-year-old non-smoker presented with a 2-week history of new-onset pedal oedema and gross haematuria. On evaluation, he was found to be hypertensive and oedematous with a haemoglobin of 19.1 g/dl, platelet count of 546,000/mm3, and creatinine …

verfasst von:: R. Rajasekar, R. Nandakumar, Saurav P. Singhvi, Gerry George Mathew, V. Jayaprakash, K. Mythili

21.04.2024 | Case Report

Early diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients using the T-SPOT test

A 49-year-old man was admitted with peritonitis nine months after starting continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for kidney failure. Ceftazidime and cefazolin were started. Peritoneal dialysate culture was negative for bacteria, but …

verfasst von:: Naoto Okubo, Tatsuya Suwabe, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Daisuke Ikuma, Hiroki Mizuno, Yuki Oba, Katsuyuki Miki, Takayoshi Yokoyama, Yasuo Ishii, Naoki Sawa, Yuki Nakamura, Hisashi Takaya, Yoshifumi Ubara

18.04.2024 | Case Report

Distal renal tubular acidosis as a rare complication of vesicoureteral reflux in children: a case report and literature review

Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is a clinical picture of hyperchloremic hypokalemic metabolic acidosis with a normal anion gap. It can be caused by a variety of conditions including obstructive uropathy such as vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). We …

verfasst von:: Emre Leventoğlu

17.04.2024 | Case Report

Gitelman syndrome and in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer: advancing preconception care in nephrology

We report a case of a pregnant patient with Gitelman syndrome (GS) who conceived by in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET). A 39-year-old woman was referred for hypokalemia, with a serum potassium level of 2.2 mEq/L. She had difficulty …

verfasst von:: Kanako Nagaoka, Tokumasa Suemitsu, Kiyotaka Kawai, Tomo Suzuki, Takayasu Mori, Atsushi Tajima, Makoto Suzuki, Mamiko Ohara

13.04.2024 | Letter to the Editor

Obstructive uropathy complicated by acute aortic dissection

verfasst von:: Cheng Xue, Bo Yang, Xiaojing Tang, Yufei Deng, Hua Li, Bing Dai

09.04.2024 | Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Anaphylaxis secondary to citric acid allergy in End Stage Renal Disease patient

verfasst von:: Hassaan Iftikhar, Maryam Saleem, Frank O’Brien

08.04.2024 | Case Report

Acute oxalate nephropathy: exploring the role of excess dietary oxalate intake

Acute oxalate nephropathy is a rare but important cause of severe acute kidney injury. We report here two cases presenting as unexplained AKI which were confirmed histologically to be due to acute oxalate nephropathy. Dietary oxalate or its …

verfasst von:: Rita Bothara, Ashwini Joga, Sreyashi Bose, Sayali Thakare, Divya Bajpai, Amey Rojekar, Gwendoly Fernandes, Tukaram Jamale

08.04.2024 | Case Report

Nephronophthisis 13 caused by WDR19 variants with pancytopenia: case report

We present a case of nephronophthisis 13 that resulted from WDR19 variants. The patient, a nine-year-old Japanese boy, had detection of mild proteinuria during a school urine screening. Urinalysis revealed mild proteinuria without hematuria. Blood …

verfasst von:: Yu Tanaka, Tomoko Horinouchi, Yuta Inoki, Yuta Ichikawa, Chika Ueda, Hideaki Kitakado, Atsushi Kondo, Nana Sakakibara, China Nagano, Yoshihiko Yano, Norishige Yoshikawa, Naoya Morisada, Kandai Nozu

08.04.2024 | Case Report

Secondary infertility due to necrospermia in men with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease: a report of two cases

Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited kidney disease characterized by the formation of numerous cysts in organs other than the kidneys. Although female patients with ADPKD do not have direct fertility …

verfasst von:: Kazuma Nakano, Gen Sukegawa, Yuji Tsuji

06.04.2024 | Case Report

Peritoneal dialysis-associated infection caused by Mycobacterium abscessus in a pediatric patient on continuous peritoneal dialysis without switching to hemodialysis

Most peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) require a transfer from PD to hemodialysis (HD). Here, we report a pediatric case of exit-site and tunnel infections caused by M. abscessus, for …

verfasst von:: Koji Takata, Takashi Omae, Yuri Hamano, Tomoaki Ishikawa, Keiji Nogami

31.03.2024 | Case Report

A case of a peritoneal dialysis patient with left pleuroperitoneal communication caused by a pericardial defect after coronary artery bypass surgery

A 74-year-old woman with reduced kidney and cardiac function and a history of coronary artery bypass surgery involving the gastroepiploic artery to the right coronary artery and posterior descending artery #4 presented with dyspnea on exertion.

verfasst von:: Eisuke Nakamura, Tadashi Sofue, Masato Higashitani, Koichi Saiki, Tamae Yamamoto, Takafumi Shiga, Yuhei Aoki, Aiko Shiraishi, Yasushi Kunisho, Keisuke Onishi, Ayumu Kato, Tetsuo Minamino

28.03.2024 | Case Report

A case of hypertensive emergency with alveolar hemorrhage and thrombotic microangiopathy

A 28-year-old woman with a 5-year history of untreated hypertension was admitted for respiratory distress, hemoptysis, and retinopathy. Computed tomography showed diffuse plaques in both lung fields. Acute kidney injury, hemolytic anemia, and …

verfasst von:: Yoshifumi Ubara, Shigekazu Kurihara, Yoshiki Tsuchiya, Yuki Oba, Daisuke Ikuma, Hiroki Mizuno, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Tatsuya Suwabe, Atsuko Imase, Nobumitsu Shibata, Kei Kono, Keiichi Kinowaki, Kenichi Ohashi, Kentaro Ogata, Naoki Sawa

Open Access 25.03.2024 | Case Report

Positive response of a hemodialysis patient with pure red cell aplasia on recombinant human erythropoietin therapy to cyclosporine and Roxadustat

Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is commonly used to treat anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). EPO-induced Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA) is a rare condition of profound anemia with EPO treatment. Upon finding the …

verfasst von:: Xuejuan Ma, Pearl Pai, Wenjuan Zhu, Xiaowei Chen, Liwen Cui

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23.03.2024 | Case Report

Copper deficiency anemia due to zinc supplementation in a chronic hemodialysis patient

Zinc deficiency causes dysgeusia and dermatitis as well as anemia. As approximately half of dialysis patients have zinc deficiency, zinc supplementation should be considered in case of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA)-hyporesponsive anemia.

verfasst von:: Tomoka Watanabe, Satomi Yonemoto, Yoshihiro Ikeda, Kiyotaka Kawaguchi, Tatsuo Tsukamoto

23.03.2024 | Case Report

De novo posttransplant membranous nephropathy after COVID-19 vaccination 9 years after renal transplantation in a patient with polycystic kidney disease

A 63-year-old man with polycystic kidney disease underwent kidney transplantation from his wife. Nine years later, after the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccination, he developed proteinuria, hematuria, and elevated C-reactive protein.

verfasst von:: Miruzato Fukuda, Takayoshi Yokoyama, Katsuyuki Miki, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Daisuke Ikuma, Hiroki Mizuno, Yuki Oba, Noriko Inoue, Akinari Sekine, Kiho Tanaka, Eiko Hasegawa, Tatsuya Suwabe, Takehiko Wada, Kei Kono, Keiichi Kinowaki, Kenichi Ohashi, Yutaka Yamaguchi, Yuki Nakamura, Yasuo Ishii, Naoki Sawa, Yoshifumi Ubara

Open Access 22.03.2024 | Case Report

Daratumumab therapy in a pediatric case of C3 nephritic factor-positive proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits

Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits (PGNMID) is an exceedingly rare cause of glomerulonephritis among children for which prognosis is generally poor, with low incidence of remission and high rates of recurrence …

verfasst von:: Sophia Giang, Anurag K. Agrawal, Aris Oates

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19.03.2024 | Case Report

Transcatheter renal arterial embolization for intractable urinary fistula occurring after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a case report

Partial nephrectomy is the standard surgical procedure for small renal tumors. Since the advent of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN), the number of cases of renal tumors undergoing the procedure has increased exponentially. Urinary fistula …

verfasst von:: Yoshiaki Kawamura, Takato Uchida, Tatsuo Kano, Tatsuya Umemoto, Nobuyuki Nakajima, Masahiro Nitta, Masanori Hasegawa, Sunao Shoji, Akira Miyajima

18.03.2024 | Case Report

Additional renoprotective effect of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin in a patient with ADPKD receiving tolvaptan treatment

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a major cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Vasopressin plays a pivotal role in ADPKD progression; therefore, the selective vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist tolvaptan is used as a key …

verfasst von:: Shun Minatoguchi, Hiroki Hayashi, Ryosuke Umeda, Shigehisa Koide, Midori Hasegawa, Naotake Tsuboi

07.03.2024 | Case Report

Two acute kidney injury episodes after ICI therapy: a case report

A 74-year-old Japanese male with lung squamous cell carcinoma received his first dose of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs): ipilimumab and nivolumab. He developed acute kidney injury (AKI) and was admitted to our department. We diagnosed kidney …

verfasst von:: Kohei Ishiga, Ryu Kobayashi, Tomohiko Kanaoka, Jotaro Harada, Ikuma Kato, Satoshi Fujii, Hiromichi Wakui, Yoshiyuki Toya, Kouichi Tamura

04.03.2024 | Case Report

A case of seronegative microscopic polyangiitis following the diagnosis of renal pelvic carcinoma

The incidence rate of malignancy in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is higher than that in the general population. Malignancy has been indicated to be a risk factor or inducer of AAV. Herein, we …

verfasst von:: Narumichi Iwamura, Kanako Tsutsumi, Yuki Ueno, Yasuhisa Tamura, Toshiaki Nakano

Live-Webinar: Aktuelle Leitlinien bei Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen

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