IgA nephropathy associated with pleuropulmonary tuberculosis

Singapore Med J. 2009 Jul;50(7):e268-9.

Abstract

A 34-year-old man presented with polymerase chain reaction-positive pleuropulmonary tuberculosis with asymptomatic subnephrotic proteinuria and microscopic haematuria. He was diagnosed to have IgA nephropathy on renal biopsy. The patient was started on a four-drug anti-tuberculous therapy. Healing of the pleuropulmonary lesions along with disappearance of proteinuria and haematuria were seen both at one month and six months post-treatment, with no relapse of renal symptoms at one-year follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Glomerulonephritis, IGA / complications*
  • Glomerulonephritis, IGA / diagnosis*
  • Hematuria / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Kidney Glomerulus / microbiology
  • Kidney Glomerulus / pathology
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / metabolism
  • Pleura / microbiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Proteinuria / diagnosis
  • Time Factors
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*