Adult Still's disease and mesangial glomerulonephritis. Report of two cases.
Two patients with adult Still's disease and abnormal urinalysis underwent kidney biopsy 2 to 21 years after onset of the disease. Unexpectedly, mesangial glomerulonephritis was discovered. Even if a fortuitous association could not be excluded, the real prevalence of glomerular involvement in ASD should be determined by further studies in view of a potential immune complex pathogenesis of this condition.
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Department of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Besancon, France.
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D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000473:pathology; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged