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Reading Hospital Internal Medicine Residency

2019

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A Case Of Essential Thrombocythemia And Iga Nephropathy With Literature Review Of The Concurrence., Shoja Rahimian, Timothy Johnson, Ronald Herb Sep 2019

A Case Of Essential Thrombocythemia And Iga Nephropathy With Literature Review Of The Concurrence., Shoja Rahimian, Timothy Johnson, Ronald Herb

Reading Hospital Internal Medicine Residency

Myeloproliferative neoplasms such as essential thrombocythemia (ET) have been associated with glomerular disease on rare instances. A case of ET associated with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is described in a 57-year-old man with a history of hypertension. Progressively worsening renal function was noted in the patient along with unexplained mild thrombocytosis. Pathological review of renal biopsy identified IgAN concurrently with newly diagnosed JAK2-mutated ET. The patient was started on aspirin therapy and closely monitored for his renal function. A literature review of the association of ET and renal disease revealed nine cases of ET associated with IgAN, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, …