Pseudocysts around the interphalangeal joints as a manifestation of calcinosis cutis in a patient with lupus nephritis undergoing hemodialysis

THE AIM: to evaluate the effect of allelic variations in the hemostatic system genes on the development and course of lupus nephritis. PATIENTS AND METHODS. The study analyzed 100 patients with SLE Caucasians. 80 women and 20 men aged 16 to 73 years (mean age 37, ± 14 years). The duration of observation was for 73 patients over 5 years, for 18 – from 1 year to 5 years and for 9 – less than 1 year A rise in the level of creatinine in the blood above or equal to 2 mg / dl was considered a significant sign of impaired renal function. RESULTS. Among the patients included in the study, kidney damage was detected in 61 people (61%). In 33 of them (54.1%), a variant of renal pathology was observed according to the type of rapidly progressive lupus nephritis (BPVN). In patients with BH, mutations in the MTHFR (C677T) gene were statistically significantly more frequent (p = 0.033). The OR for the mutant genotype is 6.146 with 95% CI from 1.692 to 22.326. In patients with PWHD, mutations in the MTHFR (C677T) gene were statistically significantly more frequent (p = 0.031). The OR for the mutant genotype is 1.625 with 95% CI from 1.034 to 4.771. The five-year renal survival in carriers of the mutant allele of the MTHFR gene (C677T) is statistically significantly lower (72.8%) than in patients without this mutation (81.9%) (p = 0.027). Ten-year renal survival in carriers of the mutant allele of the MTHFR gene (C677T) is statistically significantly less (55.6%) than in patients without this mutation (70.5%) (p = 0.016). In patients with BH, mutations in the PAI-1 gene (4G / 5G 675) were statistically significantly more frequent (p = 0.046). OR for mutant genotype – 1.766 with 95% CI from 1.061 to 4.758. CONCLUSION. The mutant alleles of the MTHFR (C677T) and PAI-1 (4G / 5G 675) genes are likely to be associated with the development of BH. Polymorphism of the MTHFR gene (C677T) is associated with an unfavorable course of HH.

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Correlation Between Serological Makers and Immunofluorescence Deposits i n Kidney Tissue of Patients with Lupus Nephritis

International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology ◽

10.25258/ijddt.9.2.22 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (02) ◽

Author(s):

Haider S Al-Hadad ◽

Aqeel Abbas Matrood ◽

Maha Abdalrasool Almukhtar ◽

Haider Jabur Kehiosh ◽

Riyadh Muhi Al-Saegh

Keyword(s):

Lupus Nephritis ◽

Lupus Erythematosus ◽

Kidney Biopsy ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Standard Procedure ◽

Kidney Tissue ◽

P Value ◽

American College Of Rheumatology ◽

Immune Deposits ◽

Number Of Patients

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease. Few biomarkers for SLE have been validated and widely accepted for the laboratory follow-up of inflammatory activity. In SLE patients, with lupus nephritis (LN), complement activation leads to fluctuation of serum C3 and C4 that are frequently used as clinicalm biomarker of disease activity in SLE. Patients and Methods: In this study the number of patients were 37, seven patients were excluded for incomplete data collection, 28 were females ,2 were males. The duration of the study is two years from 2015 to 2017. Patients were considered to have SLE and LN according to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria, and International Society of Nephrology/ Renal Pathology Society (ISN/RPS). All patients were evaluated withm clinical presentation, laboratory investigations. Our patients underwent kidney biopsy according to standard procedure by Kerstin Amann, and their tissue specimens were studied in the laboratory with light microscope (LM) and immunofluorescence microscope reagents. The relationship between the serological markers and immunofluorescence deposits in kidney biopsy of all patients were studied using the statistical analysis of Pearson correlation and single table student's T test. A P value 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The granular pattern of IF deposits was present in all LN patients, and in more than two third of patients these IF deposits presented in glomerular, tubular, and mesangium sites. While less than one third of patients had IF deposits in the mesangium only. There was no statistically significant correlation between serum ANA, anti-dsDNA, and IF deposits of different types. There was significant correlation between serum C3 and C4 hypocomplementemia and IgG immune deposits in kidney biopsy, and there was significant relationship between serum C3 hypocomplementemia and full house immunofluorescence (FHIF) deposits inm kidney biopsy.Conclusions:Immunofluorescence deposits is mainly granular pattern in LN patients. There was no significant association between serum ANA, anti-dsDNA, and immune deposits in kidney tissue. Immunofluorescence deposits of IgG type correlates significantly with serum C3 and C4 hypocomplemetemia, and these immune deposits in association with low complement levels correlates with LN flare. There was significant correlation between C3 hypocomplementemia and FHIF.

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THE CLINICAL, LABORATORY MANIFESTATIONS AND HISTOPATHOLOGY IN NEPHROTIC PATIENTS WITH LUPUS NEPHRITIS

Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy ◽

10.34071/jmp.2018.2.9 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 52-58

Author(s):

Le Thuan Nguyen ◽

Bui Bao Hoang

Keyword(s):

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ◽

Lupus Nephritis ◽

Lupus Erythematosus ◽

Clinical Laboratory ◽

Activity Index ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Systemic Lupus ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Organ Systems ◽

Tubulointerstitial Lesions

Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease involving multiple organ systems. The kidney appears to be the most commonly affected organ, especially nephrotic is a serious kidney injury. The clinical, laboratory manifestations and histopathology are very useful for diagnosis, provide the means of predicting prognosis and guiding therapy in nephrotic patients with lupus nephritis. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study of nephrotic patients with lupus treated in the Department of Nephrology Trung Vuong Hospital and Cho Ray Hospital between May/2014 and May/2017. Renal histopathological lesions were classified according to International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society - ISN/RPS ’s 2003. The clinical, laboratory manifestations and histopathological features were described. Results: Of 32 LN with nephritic range proteinuria cases studied, 93.7% were women. The 3 most common clinical manifestations were edema (93.8%), hypertension (96.8%) and pallor (68.9%), musculoskeletal manifestions (46.9%), malar rash (40.6%). There was significant rise in laboratory and immunological manifestions with hematuria (78.1%), Hb < 12g/dL (93.5%), increased Cholesterol (100%), and Triglycerid (87.5%), Creatinine > 1.4 mg/dL (87.5%), increased BUN 71.9%, ANA (+) 93.8%, Anti Ds DNA(+) 96.9%, low C3: 96.9%, low C4: 84.4%. The most various and severe features were noted in class IV with active tubulointerstitial lesions and high activity index. Conclusion: Lupus nephritis with nephrotic range proteinuria has the more severity of histopathological feature and the more severity of the more systemic organ involvements and laboratory disorders were noted. Key words: Systemic lupus, erythematosus (SLE) lupus nepphritis, clinical

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