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Decitabine-induced kidney thrombotic microangiopathy with glomerular crescents formation and tubular necrosis: A case
1Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital; Institute of Nephrology, Peking University; Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China; Key Laboratory of CKD Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing, China.
Introduction:
Chemotherapeutic agents of direct cell damage play a role in initiating thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), however still being underdiagnosed. Decitabine (DAC) is a pyrimidine analogue of the nucleoside cytidine, which can lead to injury to endothelium. Biopsy-proven DAC-induced kidney injury is rare.
Patient Concerns:
A 47-year-old Chinese man with membranous nephropathy presented recurrent edema and acute kidney injury after a 3-day course of low dose DAC infusion because of cyclophosphamide-relating thrombocytopenia.
Diagnosis:
Laboratory data revealed nephrotic syndrome, hematuria, renal glycosuria and hypokalemia with hyperchloridemia. Renal pathological findings revealed TMA with secondary glomerular crescents formation (28%), partial foot process effacement and acute tubular necrosis. A diagnosis of DAC-induced renal TMA was considered.
Interventions:
As DAC had been timely discontinued before admission, the patient only received supportive treatment.
Outcomes:
The patient achieved rapid remission of acute kidney injury after DAC withdrawal, and his serum creatinine further decreased to normal level after 6 months.
Conclusion:
Careful monitoring of renal function especially serum creatinine should be emphasized during DAC treatment.
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