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Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Salivary Glands for Sjogren's Syndrome: Diagnostic and Monitoring Insights
Published on: October 13, 2023
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis with primary Sjögren's syndrome
M S Cortez1, B C Sturgill, W K Bolton
1Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA.
Abstract:
Glomerular involvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome is rare and only five cases of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis have been reported. We present a case of a 31-year-old white woman with primary Sjögren's syndrome who developed nephrotic syndrome. Evaluation showed no evidence of an associated connective tissue disease. Kidney biopsy was consistent with type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. The patient's nephrotic syndrome resolved spontaneously, a course that has not been reported previously in this setting.
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