Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science

C-ANCA-positive glomerulonephritis associated with subacute infective endocarditis caused by Bartonella infection: Min Jeong Kim, Ha Nee Jang, Tae Won Lee, Hyun Seop Cho, Se Ho Chang, Hyun Jung Kim; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2017;34(1):140-145. Published online June 30, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2017.34.1.140

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Glomerulonephritis (GN) is sometimes associated with infective endocarditis (IE). Bartonella endocarditis is difficult to diagnose because it is rare and cannot be detected by blood culture. This is the first report of cytoplasmic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive subacute endocarditis-associated GN caused by Bartonella infection in South Korea. A 67-year-old man was hospitalized due to azotemia. He complained of weight loss and anorexia for 6 months. A diagnosis of IE was made based upon echocardiographic detection of vegetations on the mitral and aortic valves and a Bartonella antibody titer of 1:2,048. Renal histology identified focal crescentic GN. Azotemia and proteinuria improved after doxycycline and rifampin treatment combining with steroid therapy.

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Clinicopathological differences between Bartonella and other bacterial endocarditis-related glomerulonephritis – our experience and a pooled analysis
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A Case of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy in a Patient with Kimura's Disease.: Hye Jung Park, Jae Kyung Kim, Hyun Ju Kim, Kwan Kyu Park, Yoon Sung Bae, Yong Kyu Lee, Beom Seok Kim; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2013;30(2):149-151. Published online December 31, 2013; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2013.30.2.149

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Abstract PDF: Kimura's disease is an angiolymphoid-proliferative disorder that manifests with benign subcutaneous swelling predominantly in the head and the neck. Kidney involvement, including proteinuria, occurs in 12-16% of patients with the disease, and 60-78% of such cases is nephrotic syndrome. Reported etiologies of nephrotic syndrome in Kimura's disease include membranous glomerulonephritis, mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, minimal-change disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis and immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy. There have been only two case reports of IgA nephropathy in Kimura's disease, in 1998. In this report, we present a third case of IgA nephropathy associated with Kimura's disease.

A Case of Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis in a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.: Dong Hyun Kim, Jang Won Lee, Min Suk Jung, Seung Hyun Lee, Byung Cheol Min, Hyun Ju Kim; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2013;30(2):136-140. Published online December 31, 2013; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2013.30.2.136

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Abstract PDF: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a common complication and the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in diabetic patients. The occurrence of non-diabetic renal disease (NDRD) in diabetic patients has been increasingly recognized in recent years. Generally, renal injuries in DN are deemed difficult to reverse, whereas some NDRDs are often treatable and even remittable. Thus, the diagnosis of NDRD in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) via a kidney biopsy would be significant for its prognosis and therapeutic strategy. According to recent studies, the most common NDRD is IgA nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients, and some cases of minimal change disease and membranous glomerulonephritis have been reported in Korea. However, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is an uncommon condition in diabetic patients. To our knowledge, there has been no case yet of MPGN, except in a child with type 1 DM. We present an unusual case of a 27-year-old woman who had type 2 DM with MPGN, as confirmed via a kidney biopsy.

A Case of Basal Cell Carcinoma in a Patient with Membranous Glomerulonephritis.: Chan Hee Kyung, So Hee Kim, Beom Jin Lim, Hee Sung Ko, Hee Jin Park, Hae Won Kim, Dong Ha Park, Jung Eun Lee; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2012;29(2):141-144. Published online December 31, 2012; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2012.29.2.141

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Abstract PDF: Membranous glomerulonephritis can manifest as a paraneoplastic syndrome. The presence of evidence that supports the relationship between malignancy and membranous glomerulonephritis remains unresolved, though. Membranous glomerulonephritis has been commonly reported as associated with solid or hematologic malignancy, such as lung cancer, prostate cancer, and gastro-intestinal cancer, but its concomitant existence with skin cancer is rare. This paper reports a case of membranous glomerulonephritis combined with basal cell carcinoma that was successfully treated with the excision of the basal skin cell carcinoma.

One Case of Lupus Nephritis Flare in Child During Tapering the Steroid: Jung Youn Choi, Yong Hoon Park; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2007;24(2 Suppl):S755-760. Published online December 31, 2007; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2007.24.2S.S755

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Abstract PDF: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystemic inflammatory autoimmune disease. Hematologic abnormality is more frequent and the frequency of using high dose steroid and immunosuppressant as treatment is higher in children, because the number of involved major organ is numerous and the disease progress is often rapid in the SLE of children. We reported an experience of lupus nephritis flare after tapering the steroid in 9 years old boy who was diagnosed focal proliferative glomerulonephritis.

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