Renal cell carcinoma in association with IgA nephropathy in the elderly.
IgA nephropathy can occur as a paraneoplastic syndrome of renal cell carcinoma. We report 3 cases of IgA nephropathy associated with renal cell carcinoma in the elderly patients and demonstrate that infiltrating lymphocytes and plasma cells around renal cell carcinoma produce IgA that likely contributed to mesangial IgA deposition.
Mimura
Imari
I
Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Tojo
Akihiro
A
Kinugasa
Satoshi
S
Uozaki
Hiroshi
H
Fujita
Toshiro
T
D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome