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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 1416-1417
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology

Letter to the Editor

Renal microinfarction in Behçet's disease

C. Angotti, D. P. D'Cruz, I. C. Abbs1 and G. R. V. Hughes

Lupus Research Unit, Rayne Institute and Department of Nephrology, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

Correspondence to: D. D’Cruz, Lupus Research Unit, Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK. E-mail: david.d'cruz@kcl.ac.uk

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SIR, We describe a patient with Behçet's disease and renal cortical microinfarction whose renal impairment stabilized following anticoagulation. Behçet’ disease is a chronic inflammatory vascular disorder of unknown aetiology. Vasculitis, thrombosis and infarction have been reported in a variety of organs with varying frequency. Renal involvement in Behçet's disease is uncommon and includes amyloidosis, crescentic glomerulonephritis and IgA nephropathy. In the literature there is only one report of acute renal infarction due to Behçet's disease [1]. We describe a patient with Behçet's disease with bilateral renal microinfarcts confirmed by computed tomography (CT) and DMSA . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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