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Gold nephropathy and renal amyloidosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Source :
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Clinical and experimental rheumatology [Clin Exp Rheumatol] 1985 Apr-Jun; Vol. 3 (2), pp. 167-71. - Publication Year :
- 1985
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Abstract
- A 71-year-old Caucasian woman with rheumatoid arthritis, who had been treated with gold salts for 19 months, developed a significant proteinuria associated with nephrotic syndrome and renal impairment. Her renal biopsy revealed the unusual simultaneous occurrence of gold nephropathy and renal amyloidosis and she was treated by gold withdrawal, methylprednisolone pulses and azathioprine, with a good remission of symptoms. We describe the case and discuss the possible cause(s) of similar renal involvement and the results obtained with the combined therapy of steroids and cytotoxic drugs.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Amyloidosis drug therapy
Amyloidosis pathology
Azathioprine therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Kidney Diseases drug therapy
Kidney Diseases pathology
Methylprednisolone therapeutic use
Amyloidosis chemically induced
Arthritis, Rheumatoid drug therapy
Gold adverse effects
Kidney Diseases chemically induced
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0392-856X
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical and experimental rheumatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 4017316