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A family with IgA nephropathy and hereditary lymphoedema praecox
Author(s) -
USTA M.,
DILEK K.,
ERSOY A.,
ALPER E.,
ÖZBEK S.,
ÖZDEMIR B.,
FILIZ G.,
YAVUZ M.,
GÜLLÜLÜ M.,
YURTKURAN M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.00976.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephropathy , daughter , glomerulonephritis , dermatology , immunology , endocrinology , kidney , evolutionary biology , biology , diabetes mellitus
. Usta M, Dilek K, Ersoy A, Alper E, Özbek S, Özdemir B, Filiz G, Yavuz M, Güllülü M, Yurtkuran M (Uludağ University Medical School, Bursa, Turkey). A family with IgA nephropathy and hereditary lymphoedema praecox (Case Report). J Intern Med 2002; 251 : 447–451. Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is the most common primary glomerulonephritis worldwide. The pathogenesis is still unknown and treatment has not yet been established. Rarely it can be associated with other disorders. Its association with hereditary lymphoedema is not reported before. We report four patients, a 60‐year‐old father, his two sons and his daughter, with hereditary lymphoedema. The family had nine members and in four of them lymphoedema was evident. The other members had neither lymphoedema nor IgA nephropathy. This is the first report of IgA nephropathy in association with hereditary lymphoedema.