Macrophage Activation Syndrome and Renal Involvement: A Case Report

Auteur/ices

  • Abaid ur Rehman Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore.
  • Sadia Taj Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore.
  • Omer Sabir Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore.
  • Hafiz Usman Said Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore.
  • Nauman Tarif Fatima Memorial College of Medicine & Dentistry

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.53778/pjkd3998

Mots-clés :

macrophage activating syndrome, acute tubular necrosis, sepsis, filgrastim, pancytopenia, thrombocytopenia

Résumé

Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a severe, potentially fatal condition associated with excessive activation and expansion of macrophages and T cells (mainly CD8), leading to exaggerated inflammatory response. We describe here a case of MAS causing possibly ATN and review the literature.

Biographie de l'auteur

  • Sadia Taj, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore.

    Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a severe, potentially fatal condition associated with excessive activation and expansion of macrophages and T cells (mainly CD8), leading to exaggerated inflammatory response. We describe here a case of MAS causing possibly ATN and review the literature.

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Publiée

2021-02-06

Numéro

Vol. 3 No 9 (2019): Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases

Rubrique

Case report

Licence

Merci de créditer les auteurs lors de toute citation : Abaid ur Rehman, Sadia Taj, Omer Sabir, Hafiz Usman Said, Nauman Tarif (2021)

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Ce travail est disponible sous licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale 4.0 International.

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Macrophage Activation Syndrome and Renal Involvement: A Case Report. (2021). Pakistan Journal of Kidney Diseases, 3(9). https://doi.org/10.53778/pjkd3998