title: IgA mesangial nephropathy associated with renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: The authors report the occurrence of proliferative glomerulonephritis with mesangial IgA deposits in a 47-year-old man, heavy smoker, affected with renal cell carcinoma at stage I. The relationship between neoplastic diseases and IgA glomerulonephritis is unresolved. It is possible that IgA mesangial nephropathy may occur as a paraneoplastic disease, but in this patient its association with renal cell carcinoma may be merely fortuitous.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale di Vimercate, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sessa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volpi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tetta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meroni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Torri Tarelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Battini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Camussi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrario
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giordano
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000276:immunology; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A