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Kidney Involvement in Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis Syndrome-A Case-Based Review. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9072131. [PMID: 32640739 PMCID: PMC7408727 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9072131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome (HUVS), or McDuffie syndrome, is a rare small vessel vasculitis associated with urticaria, hypocomplementemia and positivity of anti-C1q antibodies. In rare cases, HUVS can manifest as an immune-complex mediated glomerulonephritis with a membranoproliferative pattern of injury. Due to the rarity of this disorder, little is known about the clinical manifestation, pathogenesis, treatment response and outcome of such patients. We describe here three cases of HUVS with severe renal involvement. These patients had a rapidly progressive form of glomerulonephritis with severe nephrotic syndrome against a background of a membranoproliferative pattern of glomerular injury with extensive crescent formation. Therefore, these patients required aggressive induction and maintenance immunosuppressive therapy, with a clinical and renal response in two patients, while the third patient progressed to end-stage renal disease. Because of the rarity of this condition, there are few data regarding the clinical presentation, pathology and outcome of such patients. Accordingly, we provide an extensive literature review of cases reported from 1976 until 2020 and place them in the context of the current knowledge of HUVS pathogenesis. We identified 60 patients with HUVS and renal involvement that had adequate clinical data reported, out of which 52 patients underwent a percutaneous kidney biopsy. The most frequent renal manifestation was hematuria associated with proteinuria (70% of patients), while one third had abnormal kidney function on presentation (estimated glomerular filtration (GFR) below 60 mL/min/1.73 m2). The most frequent glomerular pattern of injury was membranoproliferative (35%), followed by mesangioproliferative (21%) and membranous (19%). Similar to other systemic vasculitis, renal involvement carries a poorer prognosis, but the outcome can be improved by aggressive immunosuppressive treatment.
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Boyer A, Gautier N, Comoz F, Hurault de Ligny B, Aouba A, Lanot A. [Nephropathy associated with hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis: A case report and literature review]. Nephrol Ther 2020; 16:124-135. [PMID: 31928955 DOI: 10.1016/j.nephro.2019.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis is a rare systemic vasculitis, affecting small vessels, characterised by chronicle urticaria, hypocomplementemia, and systemic manifestations. Renal involvement, whose prevalence varies between 9% and 60%, is mainly glomerular. We here report the case of a 59 years old woman presenting kidney failure, associated with chronicle urticaria and arthralgias. Laboratory investigation showed haematuria, proteinuria, hypocomplementemia and anti-SSa antibody positivity. A percutaneous kidney biopsy revealed focal and segmental glomerulonephritis associated with an acute interstitial nephritis. Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis diagnosis was established after identifying anti-C1q antibodies. The lack of a dry syndrome, the negativity of a Schirmer test and the lack of sialadenitis on a salivary gland biopsy excluded an associated Gougerot-Sjögren Syndrome. The patient was treated with hydroxychloroquine and low-dose steroids, enabling a clinical and biological recovery. Of the 82 cases in the literature describing hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis associated nephropathies, 72 (88%) were a glomerular impairment, most frequently secondary to membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Only 6 (7%) tubulo-interstitial nephritis have been reported, 4 of them being associated with a glomerulonephritis. Patients were more likely to be women, aged in their third decade. The most frequent renal manifestations were haematuria (60%), and proteinuria (52%). Kidney failure was rarely observed (22%), with a fairly good renal prognosis. Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis was associated with a systemic disease in 11 (13%) patients. In the absence of recommendations, the treatment strategy remains to be defined.
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Affiliation(s)
- Annabel Boyer
- Centre universitaire des maladies rénales, CHU de Caen, avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France; Unicaen, UFR de médecine, Normandie Université, 2, rue des Rochambelles, 14032 Caen cedex, France
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- Centre universitaire des maladies rénales, CHU de Caen, avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France; Unicaen, UFR de médecine, Normandie Université, 2, rue des Rochambelles, 14032 Caen cedex, France
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- Service d'anatomopathologie, CHU de Caen, avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France
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- Centre universitaire des maladies rénales, CHU de Caen, avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France; Unicaen, UFR de médecine, Normandie Université, 2, rue des Rochambelles, 14032 Caen cedex, France
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- Service de médecine interne, CHU de Caen, avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France
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- Centre universitaire des maladies rénales, CHU de Caen, avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France; Unicaen, UFR de médecine, Normandie Université, 2, rue des Rochambelles, 14032 Caen cedex, France.
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