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Case Report
1 Internal Medicine Resident, Department of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre, 500 University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Nephrology Fellow, Department of Medicine (Nephrology), Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre, 500 University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Department of Pathology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre, 500 University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Nephrology), Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre, 500 University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Address correspondence to:
Gurwant Kaur
MD, FASN, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Nephrology), Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre, 500 University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033,
USA
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Article ID: 101063Z01KB2019
Immunoglobulin A (IgA) vasculitis and IgA nephropathy have been associated with underlying malignancies when present in adult populations. To date, we have found only two previously reported cases of IgA vasculitis and one IgA nephropathy case associated with mesothelioma, with our patient being the fourth. Our case describes a patient with biopsy proven IgA nephropathy and IgA vasculitis with known malignant mesothelioma who presented with features of lower extremity purpura, leukocytoclastic rash, and dialysis-dependent acute kidney injury (AKI).
Keywords: Acute kidney injury, Crescentic IgA nephropathy, Henoch–Schönlein purpura, IgA nephropathy, IgA vasculitis, Mesothelioma
Korey Bartolomeo - Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Said Al Zein - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Joan Cullen - Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Catherine Abendroth - Interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Gurwant Kaur - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Guarantor of SubmissionThe corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
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Consent StatementWritten informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this article.
Data AvailabilityAll relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
Conflict of InterestAuthors declare no conflict of interest.
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