title: Spontaneous rupture of the kidney in a patient with acute autoimmune disease.
abstract: A percutaneous renal biopsy was performed on a 50-year-old female with rapidly progressive renal failure. The histologic specimen was characteristic of an immune complex disease, most likely systemic lupus erythematosus. Serologic tests were negative. 8 days after the biopsy, there was a spontaneous rupture of the kidney which necessitated nephrectomy. As no connection was found between the biopsy site and the rupture, it was concluded that the rupture was spontaneous in a patient with an immune complex disease.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007105:Immune Complex Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous