Non-lupus full-house nephropathy: a case series

• Autor(a) principal: Silva,Márcia de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira,Patrick Vanttinny Vieira de, Vale,Pedro Henrique Cavalcante, Cunha,Rinadja de Melo, Lages,Joyce Santos, Brito,Dyego José de Araújo, Salgado Filho,Natalino, Guedes,Felipe Leite, Silva,Gyl Eanes Barros, Santos,Ricardo Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Jornal Brasileiro de Nefrologia
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002021000400586
• topic: Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Lupus Nephritis; Fluorescent Antibody Technique.

Abstract Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune inflammatory disease. However, some patients may exhibit a histological pattern of kidney injury, with characteristics indistinguishable from lupus nephritis, but without presenting any extrarenal symptoms or serologies suggestive of SLE. Such involvement has recently been called non-lupus full-house nephropathy. The objective is to report a series of clinical cases referred to the Laboratory of the Federal University of Maranhão that received the diagnosis of "full-house" nephropathy unrelated to lupus, upon immunofluorescence and to discuss its evolution and outcomes. Non-lupus full-house nephropathy represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, because it is a new entity, which still needs further studies and may be the initial manifestation of SLE, isolated manifestation of SLE or a new pathology unrelated to SLE.