Renal Biopsy Prognostic Findings in Children With Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the histopathological findings in kidney biopsies in children with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) and to determine whether specific pathological findings in aHUS have a prognostic value.

METHODS: Renal biopsy specimens of 29 patients who were recorded in the national Turkish aHUS registry database were available for review. Histopathological findings were compared with the clinical and laboratory features at the presentation and the final outcome.

RESULTS: The mean age at presentation and follow-up period was 4.9 ± 3.9 and 3.9 ± 3.0 years, respectively. The median time interval from the first symptom to biopsy was 10 days. Vascular thrombosis and interstitial fibrosis were significantly related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation during follow-up (5.6-fold, for both). Glomerular necrosis, cortical necrosis, and glomerular sclerosis were markedly associated with CKD without dialysis (6.2-fold, 13.3-fold, and 8.8-fold, respectively). However, presence of endothelial swelling, subendothelial widening, and fragmented erythrocytes was found to be correlated with a favorable final outcome.

CONCLUSIONS: Presence of vascular thrombosis, cortical necrosis, and glomerular sclerosis in histopathological evaluation correlated with developing CKD. Chronic changes in the interstitial compartment were also related to poor prognosis, a finding that has been shown for the first time in pediatric aHUS cases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 23(2020), 5 vom: 14. Sept., Seite 362-371

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yüksel, Selçuk [VerfasserIn]
Işık Gönül, İpek [VerfasserIn]
Canpolat, Nur [VerfasserIn]
Gökçe, İbrahim [VerfasserIn]
Özlü, Sare Gülfem [VerfasserIn]
Özçakar, Zeynep Birsin [VerfasserIn]
Ozaltin, Fatih [VerfasserIn]
Söylemezoğlu, Oğuz [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
Cortical necrosis
Glomerular sclerosis
Interstitial fibrosis
Journal Article
Prognosis
Thrombotic microangiopathy
Tubular atrophy

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.08.2021

Date Revised 02.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/1093526620925947

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309896703