IGA NEPHROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH PORTAL-HYPERTENSION IN LIVER-CIRRHOSIS DUE TO NONALCOHOLIC AND NON-A, NON-B, NON-C HEPATITIS

Authors
NAKAMURA M OHISHI A WATANABE R KANEKO K AOSAKI N IIGAYA T MONMA T SUGIURA H MIYOSHI Y HAMAGUCHI K
Citation
M. Nakamura et al., IGA NEPHROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH PORTAL-HYPERTENSION IN LIVER-CIRRHOSIS DUE TO NONALCOHOLIC AND NON-A, NON-B, NON-C HEPATITIS, Internal medicine, 33(8), 1994, pp. 488-491
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
488 - 491
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1994)33:8<488:INAWPI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A 69-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of leg edema , proteinuria (2.1 g/day), and gross hematuria. She had non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis of unknown etiology. Esophageal varices also were foun d. Examination of the renal biopsy specimen revealed mesangial prolife rative glomerulonephritis with IgA deposits. Propranolol was administe red orally to reduce portal hypertension, resulting in a progressive d ecrease in urinary microalbumin excretion. This case suggests that por tal hypertension is involved in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy in liver cirrhosis.