A novel case of renal pathergy reaction in a Behçet’s disease patient complicated by IgA vasculitis

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• 作者：Takaaki Higashihara ; Akira Okada ; Taiko Kusano ; Kazuyoshi Ishigaki…
• 关键词：IgA vasculitis ; Henoch ; Schönlein purpura ; Behçet’s disease ; IgA nephritis ; Renal biopsy ; Pathergy reaction ; HLA ; B51
• 刊名：BMC Nephrology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 全文大小：4674KB
• 刊物主题：Nephrology; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2369
• 卷排序：18

文摘

BackgroundA pathergy reaction is defined as a hyperreactivity of the skin in response to minimal trauma, which is important in the diagnosis of Behçet’s disease (BD). However, a pathergy reaction may not be restricted to the skin, and little is known about whether an invasive medical procedure can induce the reaction. Here we present a pathergy reaction induced by renal biopsy, an invasive procedure.