Long-term preserved renal function of a patient with mass-forming granulomatous interstitial nephritis by biopsy-based steroid therapy

Abstract  In 2001, a 41-year-old Japanese woman was referred to our hospital because of severe renal dysfunction and fever of unknown origin. On admission, her serum creatinine was 8.7 mg/dL, urine protein was 0.3 g/day, and urine β2-microglobulin was 81,007 Î¼g/day. Computed tomography (CT) scans showed bilateral contracted kidneys with a mass projecting from the lower pole of the [...]

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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy developed in incomplete Heerfordt syndrome, a rare manifestation of sarcoidosis, without steroid therapy responding to cidofovir

We describe a 34-year-old PML patient with incomplete Heerfordt syndrome, a rare type of sarcoidosis, who had not received any immunosuppressants, including steroids, at the onset and who was clinically and radiologically responsive to the antiviral drug cidofovir. (Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery) Source: MedWorm: Sarcoidosis

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