Abstract
About one-half of all children with systemic lupus erythematosus have clinical evidence of renal disease at initial presentation, such as proteinuria and acute renal failure. Herein, we report a case of a teenager who presented with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) of uncertain etiology, and who was subsequently determined to have lupus. The purpose of this report is to make health-care professionals aware of this unusual presentation of renal lupus, which has never been reported before. Children presenting in ESRD should be worked-up for autoimmune diseases since the discovery of such a disease process may impact future decision-making, especially with respect to subsequent renal transplantation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 149-151 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Pediatric Nephrology |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2007 |
Keywords
- Chronic kidney disease
- ESRD
- Glomerulonephritis
- Lupus
- SLE
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nephrology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health