Thumfart Julia, Müller Dominik, Rudolph Birgit, Zimmering Miriam, Querfeld Uwe, Haffner Dieter
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Charité Hospital, Humboldt University at Berlin, Germany.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2005 Feb;45(2):411-4. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.10.011.
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease with multiorgan involvement. In children, renal impairment of sarcoidosis usually is caused by either hypercalcemia leading to nephrocalcinosis or interstitial nephritis with or without granulomata. We report the case of a 13-year-old boy presenting with severe arterial hypertension and acute renal failure caused by an isolated sarcoid granulomatous interstitial nephritis (GIN). Other known causes of GIN, eg, drug intake or fungal or mycobacterial infection, were excluded, and there was no evidence of extrarenal sarcoid involvement. Renal function improved initially with prednisone treatment. Blood pressure was controlled using ramipril, nifedipine, furosemide, dihydralazine, and metoprolol. Later, the patient showed signs of severe steroid toxicity and progressive renal failure. Monthly treatment with infliximab, a tumor necrosis factor-alpha antibody, was started, resulting in steady improvement in renal function and resolution of renal granulomata. In addition, antihypertensive medication could be reduced, and low-dose prednisone therapy was maintained. To our knowledge, this is the first report of successful treatment with infliximab of a patient with sarcoid GIN.
结节病是一种累及多器官的全身性疾病。在儿童中,结节病导致的肾功能损害通常是由高钙血症引起的肾钙质沉着症或伴有或不伴有肉芽肿的间质性肾炎所致。我们报告了一例13岁男孩,其因孤立性结节病肉芽肿性间质性肾炎(GIN)导致严重动脉高血压和急性肾衰竭。排除了其他已知的GIN病因,如药物摄入、真菌或分枝杆菌感染,且无肾外结节病累及的证据。最初使用泼尼松治疗后肾功能有所改善。使用雷米普利、硝苯地平、呋塞米、双肼屈嗪和美托洛尔控制血压。后来,患者出现严重的类固醇毒性和进行性肾衰竭迹象。开始每月使用肿瘤坏死因子-α抗体英夫利昔单抗治疗,肾功能稳步改善,肾肉芽肿消退。此外,降压药物用量可减少,并维持小剂量泼尼松治疗。据我们所知,这是首例使用英夫利昔单抗成功治疗结节病GIN患者的报告。