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Shunt Nephritis: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Tim Van Damme1,2, Nic Veys1, Marijn M Speeckaert1
1Department of Nephrology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Background:
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis is a histological pattern of glomerular injury due to the deposition of immune complexes and complement factors. It is associated with bacterial and viral infections, auto-immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome, monoclonal gammopathy, and complement disorders (dense deposit disease and C3 glomerulopathy). Case presentation: This is the report of a 25-year-old male with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis who was initially treated for systemic lupus erythematosus, but who was later diagnosed with nephritis due to a chronic infection of a central nervous system shunt, last revised at the age of 3 years old.
Discussion:
We highlight the challenges in making an early diagnosis of shunt nephritis, and succinctly discuss the clinical, biochemical, histopathological findings, and differential diagnosis of this type of infection-related glomerulonephritis.
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