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Varicella in childhood is usually a self-limiting illness with few complications. Varicella nephritis is an uncommon entity and seen mostly in immunocompromized individuals. We report a 14-year-old boy with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who developed varicella nephritis and in whom the renal manifestations preceded the skin lesions by 1 week. This is an extremely unusual occurrence, and only one case has been described before. Such a presentation can mimic the clinical features of microscopic polyangiitis.
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Dass, R., Singh, S., Kumar, V. et al. Varicella glomerulonephritis mimicking microscopic polyangiitis. Rheumatol Int 24, 362–364 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-003-0429-6
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