Renal failure due to T-cell mediated lymphocytic vasculitis: an unusual complication of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Vasculitis is an uncommon paraneoplastic syndrome, and acute renal failure is an unusual presentation of leukemia. We report a case of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia that presented with acute renal failure caused by biopsy-proven lymphocytic vasculitis that subsequently was shown to be T-cell-mediated and systemic at autopsy.
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology