title: Granulomatous interstitial nephritis in extrapulmonary sarcoidosis.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder in which the lungs or intrathoracic lymph nodes are involved in more than 90% of patients with the disease. It occasionally involves kidneys most commonly due to disordered calcium metabolism. Granulomatous interstitial nephritis is a distinct renal pathology in sarcoidosis. Renal dysfunction due to granulomatous interstitial nephritis is rare. We recently encountered a sarcoidosis patient without hypercalcemia and any evidence of pulmonary involvement which is distinctly unusual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Erciyes University, Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Utaş
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doğukan
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Patiroğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oymak
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oymak
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006099:Granuloma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone