Interstitial nephritis in a patient with atypical Sjörgen's syndrome
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Molecular Medicine
- Vol. 58 (11) , 563-567
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01477167
Abstract
A patient was observed with interstitial nephritis which resulted in renal tubular acidosis (distal type), tubular proteinuria and defective urinary concentrating ability in the absence of edema, elevated arterial blood pressure, glomerular proteinuria or abnormal urinary sediment. The presence of interstitial nephritis was established by renal biopsy which showed dense infiltrates in the interstitium, interstitial fibrosis and thickening and splitting of the pericapillary basal membranes. Immunofluorescence was non contributory. Extrarenal symptoms were discrete (arthralgia of both hands, Raynaud's syndrome upon cold exposure). Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) was suspected because of a positive ANF test (speckled pattern), which was completely abolished by ribonuclease pretreatment. However, in hemagglutination tests, no antibodies against ribonuclear protein (ENA) could be demonstrated. The diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome was established by demonstration of antibodies against SSA and SSB antigens. The observation suggests that in patients with interstitial nephritis the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome must be considered even if extrarenal symptoms of Sjögren's disease are minimal or lacking. The diagnosis can be established with recent serological techniques. Es wird über einen Patienten mit interstitieller Nephritis und diskreten Symptomen einer rheumatischen Erkrankung (M. Raynaud, Arthralgie) berichtet. Die interstitielle Nephritis war klinisch gekennzeichnet durch eine verminderte Urin-Konzentrationsfähigkeit, renal-tubuläre Azidose (distaler Typ) und eine tubuläre Proteinurie. Histologisch fanden sich in der Nierenbiopsie dichte lymphohistiozytäre Infiltrate im Interstitium, eine interstitielle Fibrose sowie eine Verdickung der perikapillären und tubulären Basalmembran. Aufgrund serologischer Routine-Tests (pos. ANF-Phänomen, gesprenkeltes Bindungsmuster, durch Vorbehandlung mit Ribonuklease eliminierbar) wurde ein Sharp-Syndrom vermutet. Eine eingehende serologische Diagnostik (neg. ENA-Antikörper, pos. SSA und SSB-Antigen) bewies aber das Vorliegen eines Sjögren's Syndrom. Bei Patienten mit interstitieller Nephritis muß daher als auslösende Ursache auch dann ein Sjögren's Syndrom in Betracht gezogen werden, wenn die klinische Manifestation diskret ist oder gänzlich fehlt. Die Diagnosestellung kann durch neu entwickelte serologische Tests erleichtert werden.Keywords
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