Qing Zhao, Tongyue Duan, Anqun Chen, Liyu He, Hong Liu, Shuguang Yuan, Chengyuan Tang, Yinghong Liu, Yu Liu, Fuyou Liu, Li Xiao, Xuejing Zhu, Lin Sun
OBJECTIVE: Bowman's capsule rupture (BCR) is a glomerular pathological change, but it is still not well recognized in immunoglobulin A vasculitis nephritis (IgAV-N). The Oxford MEST-C score is a classification for IgA nephropathy; however, its clinical correlation and prognostic value in adult patients with IgAV-N are unclear. METHODS: A retrospective study of 145 adult patients with IgAV-N diagnosed by renal biopsy was conducted. Clinical manifestations, pathological changes and the prognosis of IgAV-N patients were compared depending on the presence or absence of BCR, International Study of Kidney Disease in Children (ISKDC) classification and MEST-C score...
December 2023: Annals of Medicine