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Unusual radiographic presentation of IgA nephropathy

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An adolescent male presented with hematuria and flank pain. Transient focal renal parenchymal defects were demonstrated by ultrasonography, radionuclide scintigraphy and computed tomography. Renal biopsy revealed IgA nephropathy with acute tubular necrosis. This peculiar radiographic pattern has not, to our knowledge, been previously described in IgA nephropathy and may relate to tubule cell damage by red blood cell casts or patchy renal ischemia.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

    J. Springate M.D. & L. Feld

  2. Department of Radiology School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

    S. Christensen

  3. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

    S. Greenfield

  4. The Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York, USA

    J. Springate M.D., S. Christensen, S. Greenfield & L. Feld

  5. Division of Nephrology, The Children's Hospital, 219 Bryant St., 14222, Buffalo, NY, USA

    J. Springate M.D.

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Springate, J., Christensen, S., Greenfield, S. et al. Unusual radiographic presentation of IgA nephropathy. Pediatr Radiol 20, 564–565 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02011395

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