April 4, 2019
Twitter Poll (April 3, 2019)

- Published: April 4, 2019
- By: Vanessa Moreno, MD
- Tags: Acute kidney injury, IgA nephropathy, nflammatory bowel disease
ANSWER: C
IgAN is the most frequent diagnosis seen in kidney biopsies from patients with renal failure and history of inflammatory bowel disease. In a retrospective study performed by Ambruzs et al., the prevalence of IgAN was 24%, followed by TIN (19%), arterionephrosclerosis, ATI, proliferative GN and MCD.
Reference:
Ambruzs JM, et al. The histopathologic spectrum of kidney biopsies in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. 2014 Clin J Am Soc Nephrol; 9(2):265-270.