©2016 All Rights Reserved.
Arkana Laboratories is a registered trademark.
Privacy and Terms

- Published: April 10, 2020
- By: Vanessa Moreno, MD
- Tags: Autoimmune, IgA, IgA nephropathy, inflammatory bowel disease, Mesangial deposits
ANSWER: C In one of the largest cases series by Ambruz et al., IgAN was the most common diagnosis (24%) observed in patients with IBD, followed by interstitial nephritis (19%), arterionephrosclerosis (12%), ATI (8%), proliferative GN (7%) and minimal change disease (5%). References: Ambruzs JM, Walker PD and Larsen CP. The Histopathologic Spectrum of Kidney Biopsies in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014; 9:265-270. Ambruzs JM, Larsen CP. Renal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Rheum Dis Clin N Am 2018; 44 (4):699-714