A possible relationship between Henoch-Schonlein syndrome and IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease). An illustrative case.
A 29-year-old white male with the Henoch-Schonlein syndrome and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis received a kidney transplant. Postransplant, a glomerulonephritis histologically and immunologically indistinguishable from IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease) developed in the absence of any extrarenal manifestations of the Henoch-Schonlein syndrome. A possible pathogenetic interrelationship between these two diseases is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000276:immunology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012008:Recurrence; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D007070:Immunoglobulin A