IgA mesangial nephropathy associated with renal cell carcinoma.
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.
Sessa
A
A
Servizio di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale di Vimercate, Italy.
Volpi
A
A
Tetta
C
C
Meroni
M
M
Torri Tarelli
L
L
Battini
G
G
Camussi
G
G
Conte
F
F
Ferrario
G
G
Giordano
F
F
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
D007070:Immunoglobulin A