PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Horak, Pavel
AU  - Smrzova, Andrea
AU  - Krejci, Karel
AU  - Tichy, Tomas
AU  - Zadrazil, Josef
AU  - Skacelova, Martina
TI  - Renal manifestations of rheumatic diseases. A review
DP  - 2013 Jun 21
TA  - Biomedical papers
PG  - 98--104
VI  - 157
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/bp.2013.042
IS  - 12138118
AB  - Background: Renal manifestations of rheumatic diaseases are sometimes very discrete and mild. At others, they can present the leading symptomatology of a given disease.
Systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic scleroderma, renal vasculitis, rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease, Sjögren's syndrome and gout can all manifest in or be accompanied by renal impairment.
Methods and Results: The authors reviewed the literature on renal manifestation of rheumatic diseases using the key words, lupus erythematosus, systemic autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis and gout. The review below is accompanied by their own histological findings.
Conclusion: Diagnosis requires proper interpretation of the clinical situation, laboratory results and image analysis methods plus close interdisciplinary collaboration between nephrologist and clinical pathologist/nephropathologist.