• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.92-100
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• 2013

목적: IgA 신병증, HSP 신병증은 사구체의 메산지움에 IgA가 침착되는 대표적인 질환이다. 본 연구는 소아에서, 이 두 가지 질환에 대한 Cyclosporin A 의 임상적 및 병리학적 효과를 평가하기 위하여 시행되었다. 방법: 총 54명의 환자(IgA 신병증: Henoch-Sch$\ddot{o}$nlein purpura 신병증=36:18)를 대상으로 후향적으로 연구를 진행하였다. CsA는 5mg/kg/day 으로 투여하였으며, 투여 전, 후로 단백뇨의 양을 측정, 병리학적 변화를 조사하기 위해 신생검을 시행하였다. HSP 신병증 및 IgA 신병증의 신생검은 병리학적으로 각각 ISKDC 분류법, Oxford 분류체계(2009)로 구분하였다. 결과: 혈청 단백/크레아티닌 비는 치료 전후로 $3.7{\pm}1.5$에서 $0.6{\pm}0.4$으로 호전되었고(P<0.001), 총 54명 중 32명의 환자(59.2%)에서 CsA 치료 1년 후 단백뇨의 관해를 보였다. 신생검의 병리학적 소견은 호전되거나, 또는 치료 전후로 유지되는 양상을 보였으며, CsA로 인한 합병증은 없었다. 결론: CsA 는 IgA의 사구체 침착을 특징으로 하는 IgA 신병증, HSP 신병증 환자에서 단백뇨 감소효과 및 말기신부전으로의 진행을 예방하는 데에 효과적인 것으로 사료된다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.189-194
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• 1997

Oligomeganephronia is a rare congenital form of bilateral renal hypoplasia histologically characterized by reduction in number and hypertrophy of nephrons. Clinically, this condition is presented in early infancy with vomiting, polyuria, polydipsia and dehydration. The problems are readily corrected, but slowly progressive renal failure follows accompanied by failure to thrive, short stature, and renal osteodystrophy. We experienced three cases of oligomeganephronia. Case 1. : A 3 2/12 years old female child was incidentally diagnosed as renal failure at age of 2 months when she was hospitalized due to pneumonia. She had open renal biopsy and was diagnosed as bilateral dysplastic kidney. On OPD follow-up, she progressed to end-stage renal failure (BUN/Cr 114/4.6 mg/dl) and had renal transplantation. The specimen was shrunk remarkably and light microscopy showed oligomeganephronia. Case 2. : A 14 8/12 years old female child with proteinuria was detected in an annual urine screening program for school children, she was diagnosed as renal failure (BUN/Cr 33.9/4.1 mg/dl), and had $5{\times}4{\times}3\;cm$ sized mass on abdominal CT scan. She had renal biopsy, and the specimen showed oligomeganephronia. She had hemodialysis for six months, and renal transplantation along with bilateral nephrectomy was performed. Case 3. : A 14 8/12 years old male child was diagnosed having chronic nephritis and chronic renal failure at 3 years old, progressed to end-stage renal failure (BUN/Cr 87/9.6 mg/dl) on OPD follow-up, and had a rephrectomy and renal transplantation. The biopsy specimen showed oligomeganephronic hypoplasia, secondary focal segmental glomerolosclerosis, and chronic interstitial nephritis. We report 3 cases of oligomeganephronia that progressed to end-stage renal failure and had successful renal transplantation with a brief review of related literatures.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2016

Eryngium foetidum Linn. leaves (EF) are widely used in Thailand and many countries throughout Asia as a culinary seasoning and a traditional medicine. However, adverse effect of high dose consumption in long duration has not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to investigate chronic toxicity of EF in mice. Thirty-two ICR male mice were divided into 4 groups of 8 mice each. The mice were fed AIN-76 rodent diet, or AIN-76 rodent diet supplemented with ground freeze-dried EF at 0.8%, 1.6% and 3.2% that is equivalent to approximately 35, 73 and 155 times that of human consumption, respectively, at 97.5 percentile for a period of 24 weeks. At the end of experiment, the mice were euthanized and blood samples were collected for hematological and biochemical evaluations. Necropsy was performed while visceral organs such as lung, liver, kidneys, spleen etc. were collected, weighed and histopathologically examined. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) results of mice in 1.6% and 3.2% EF diet groups were significantly higher than the BUN of control group. No significant difference was noted in other biochemical and hematological properties between the treatment groups and control; all results were within normal range. Histopathology of almost all visceral organs showed no significant changes. However, tubulonephrosis and chronic interstitial nephritis were observed in the groups treated with 1.6% and 3.2% EF diet. Body weight was reduced significantly at week 12 to week 20 when compared to the control group while relative kidney weights were significantly increased. In conclusion, the consumption of EF in diet at high doses illustrated the adverse effect on some biochemical parameters and histopathology in mice. Our findings suggested that EF daily consumption for 24 weeks, at higher doses than the 0.8% EF diet (35 times of human consumption), might cause adverse effect on kidney function in mice.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.145-148
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• 2016

Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rare and potentially fatal condition characterized by skin rash, fever, eosinophilia, and multiorgan involvement. Various drugs may be associated with this syndrome including carbamazepine, allopurinol, and sulfasalazine. Renal involvement in DRESS syndrome most commonly presents as acute kidney injury due to interstitial nephritis. An 11-year-old boy was referred to the Children's Hospital of Pusan National University because of persistent fever, rash, abdominal distension, generalized edema, lymphadenopathy, and eosinophilia. He previously received vancomycin and ceftriaxone for 10 days at another hospital. He developed acute kidney injury with nephrotic range proteinuria and hypocomplementemia. A subsequent renal biopsy indicated the presence of acute tubular necrosis (ATN) and late exudative phase of postinfectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN). Systemic symptoms and renal function improved with corticosteroid therapy after the discontinuation of vancomycin. Here, we describe a biopsy-proven case of severe ATN that manifested as a part of vancomycin-induced DRESS syndrome with coincident PIGN. It is important for clinicians to be aware of this syndrome due to its severity and potentially fatal nature.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.352-355
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• 2012

Hypospadias is a rare congenital malformation of the urethra reported in cattle. The urethral lumen of male indigenous Korean calf is open along the ventral aspect of the penis in the perineal region. Renal abscess and renal stone formation causing urinary tact infection has not been reported in hypospadia calves. The objective of this study was investigation for renal abscess and renal stone formation through autopsy. Histopathological examination and laboratory tests were performed. At autopsy, the pustules were formed on the right renal cortex, and the renal medulla abscess were formed on right and left part of the renal pelvis. Histopathological finding, this case was diagnosed as severe acute suppurative and necrotizing pyelonephritis, and severe chronic interstitial nephritis with fibrosis and moderate multifocal acute cystitis with edema. Milky exudate of the kidney has been identified as Actinomyces meyeri using the VITEK-2 system for identification of bacteria, and the stone has been identified as carbonate apatite using FT-IR system for quantification analysis. This case report describe the hypospadias complicated with urinary tract infection due to carbonate apatite stones and Actinomyces meyeri.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.1126-1140
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• 1999

Renal failure is one of the main causes of economic impacts in the poultry industry and complex syndrome with different severity of clinical signs caused by multiple nephropathogenic factors such as infectious bronchitis viral infection and excess salt and calcium in diet. To evaluate the correlation between severity of renal failure and the causative nephropathogenic factors, one-day-old specific pathogen free chicks were treated with either single causative factor or multiple causative factors described as above. Each group was designed as control for non-treated control, IB for infectious bronchitis virus (IB virus) infection, IBHNa for IB virus infection with high diet salt, IBHCa for IB virus infection with high diet calcium, IBHNC for IB virus infection with high diet salt and calcium, HNa for high diet salt, HCa for high diet calcium and HNC for high diet salt and calcium. Chickens were inoculated with IB virus at 1-day-old and remained on their respective diets until 21 day of age. The high dietary salt feeding groups such as IBHNa, IBHNC, HNa, HNC increased water intake, watery diarrhea, general subcutaneous edema and the high dietary calcium feeding groups such as IBHCa and IBHNC showed severe visceral gout. Two more than treated groups caused high mortality in comparison with the single treated groups. IB virus exposure significantly increased urate deposition and lymphocytic interstitial nephritis. Especially urate deposition dramatically increased when excess diet calcium was combined together. In excess diet salt treated groups enlarged edematous kidneys were observed and hypertrophy of glomeruli were showed. These results suggest that IB virus enhanced the incidence and severity on chicken renal failure clearly related to the quantity of salt and calcium.

• Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.347-355
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• 2018

Background: Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is the most common glomerulopathy in children. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of NS, caused by severe intravascular volume depletion, acute tubular necrosis, interstitial nephritis, or progression of NS. However, the incidence and risk factors of childhood-onset NS in Korea are unclear. Therefore, we studied the incidence, causes, and risk factors of AKI in hospitalized Korean patients with childhood-onset NS. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of patients with childhood-onset NS who were admitted to our center from January 2015 to July 2017. Patients with decreased renal function or hereditary/secondary NS, as well as those admitted for management of other conditions unrelated to NS, were excluded. Results: During the study period, 65 patients with idiopathic, childhood-onset NS were hospitalized 90 times for management of NS or its complications. Of these 90 cases, 29 met the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria for AKI (32.2%). They developed AKI in association with infection (n = 12), NS aggravation (n = 11), dehydration (n = 3), and intravenous methylprednisolone administration (n = 3). Age ${\geq}9$ years at admission and combined use of cyclosporine and renin-angiotensin system inhibitors were risk factors for AKI. Conclusion: AKI occurred in one-third of the total hospitalizations related to childhood-onset NS, owing to infection, aggravation of NS, dehydration, and possibly high-dose methylprednisolone treatment. Age at admission and use of nephrotoxic agents were associated with AKI. As the AKI incidence is high, AKI should be considered during management of high-risk patients.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.240-246
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• 2002

목 적 : 신사구체 질환의 발생과 진행에 있어서 tumornecrosis factor-${\alpha}$($TNF-{\alpha}$)의 혈청 농도가 관련이 있다는 것과 혈청 농도보다는 신장내 농도가 더 중요하다는 주장이 있다. 이에 본 연구자들은 신사구체 신염 질환인 HSP 신염(HSN)과 신증후군 질환인 특발성 신증후군(INS)에서 $TNF-{\alpha}$와 단백뇨와의 관련성을 알아보고자 했다. 방 법: 1998년 3월부터 2001년 3월까지 충북대학교병원 소아과를 방문한 HSP 21명, INS 22명을 대상으로 혈액과 소변을 채취하였다. 단백뇨가 있는 경우는 24시간 동안 단백량을 creatinine에 대한 비를 구하여 비교하였다. $TNF-{\alpha}$의 농도 측정은 mouse anti-human $TNF-{\alpha}$ 항체를 이용한 sandwitch ELISA법을 이용하였다. 통계는 Statistical Analysis System(SAS)을 이용하여 Kruskall-Wallis test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Spearmann test, paired t-test를 시행하였으며 유의 수준은 P<0.05를 기준으로 하였다. 결 과 : HSP에서 신장 침범이 없는 환아보다 신장 침범을 보인 환아에서 $TNF-{\alpha}$ 농도는 혈청에서 높았으나(P=0.009) 요에서는 유의한 차이가 없었다(P=0.088). HSN에서 혈청 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 농도에 비례하여 요단백이 의미 있게 증가하였고(P=0.004), 요 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 농도에 따라 요단백이 증가하는 양상이었지만 통계적 의의는 없었다(P=0.053). INS에서 단백뇨와 관련하여 혈청에서 P=0.763, 요에서 P=0.007으로 요의 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 농도에서만 통계적 의의가 있었다. 결 론: HSN에서 혈청 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 농도에 비례하는 신사구체의 손상으로 인해 요단백이 증가하고, INS에서는 여과된 단백에 의한 신세뇨관의 손상과 이에 따른 요의 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 증가로 추론할 수 있다. 따라서 HSP 환아에서 초기에 혈청 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 농도를 낮추는 치료를 시행함으로서 신염으로 이환되는 것을 예방하고, HSN 환아에서도 혈청 $TNF-{\alpha}$의 농도를 낮추는 치료를 적극적으로 하여 병의 진행을 막을 수 있을 것으로 사료되며, 신증후군에서는 단백뇨를 줄이는 치료를 하여 신장의 병변이 악화되는 것을 지연시킬 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.130-144
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• 1999

목적 : Cyclosporine A(CsA)의 장기적인 치료에서 CsA의 신독성에 의하여 나타나게 되는 만성적인 신조직의 변화는 구심성 소동맥의 수축으로 인한 신혈류의 감소에서 시작되어, 신세뇨관의 위축과 간질조직의 섬유화를 포함하는 비특이적인 간질성 신염과 비교적 특징적이라 할 수 있는 사구체 주위 소동맥의 변화로 나타나게 된다. 본 연구에서는 원발성 및 이차성 신증후군의 CsA치료에서 치료기간 및 원발성 질환에 따른 조직학적인 신독성의 빈도 및 임상적인 신독성과의 관계를 알아보고 최적의 치료기간을 결정하고자 하였다. 방법 : 1986년부터 1997년까지 본원 소아과에서 신장조직검사로 확진된 신증후군 환아 중 스테로이드 저항성, 빈발 재발형 혹은 스테로이드 의존성으로 인하여 CsA로 치료받았던 102례(미세변화신증후군 58례, 국소성분절성 사구체신염 10례, 막성사구체신염 10례, 자반성신염 15례, IgA신병증 9례)를 대상으로 하였다. CsA를 미세변화신 증후군은 1년간 24례, 1.5년간 12례 2년간 22례에서 투여하였고, 국소성 분절성 사구체 경화증은 1년간 2례, 1.5년간 2례, 2년간 6례에서, 막성사구체신염은 1년간 8례, 2년간 2례에서 투여하였다. 자반성신염 과 IgA신병증은 모든 례에서 1년간 사용하였다. 전체 대상 환아에서 치료전과 치료 종료후 1개월 째 신장조직검사를 시행하여 신독성 여부를 조사하였다. 결과 : 전체대상 환아에서 신증후군의 완전관해율은 86%였다(미세변화증후군 96%, 막성사구체신염 90%, 국소성분절성사구체경화증 60%, 자반성신염 80%, IgA 신병증 55%). 스테로이드 반응성의 미세변화신증후군 및 국소성분절성사구체경화증 환아에서 CsA치료후 6개월간의 재발의 빈도는 각각 $0.5{\pm}0.7$회, $0.8{\pm}0.3$회로 치료전 6개월간(각각 $1.8{\pm}0.8$회, $2.0{\pm}0.7$회)에 비하여 의미있게 감소하였다(P<0.0001). 전체 102례의 신증후군 환아중 71례(69.6%)에서 치료전후에 조직학적인 변화를 보이지 않았고 24례(23.5%)에서 간질성 신염을 보였으며 7례(6.8%)에서 혈관변화를 보였다. 미세변화신증후군 환아에서 CsA치료후 관찰된 간질성 신염의 빈도는 1년, 1.5년, 2년 치료군이 각각 16.6%, 33.3%, 27.2%였고, 혈관변화의 빈도는 1년, 1.5년, 2년 치료군이 각각 0%, 16.6%, 9%였다. 임상적인 신독성의 소견은 한례에서도 보이지 않았으며 1년이상 사용군에서 1년이하의 사용군에 비하여 통계적으로 유의하게 조직학적 신독성의 빈도가 증가함을 보였다(P=0.03). 발병연령, 성별, 원인질환에 따른 조직학적인 신독성의 빈도의 의미있는 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결론 : 소아의 원발성 및 이차성 신증후군의 CsA치료에서 치료기간이 의미 있는 만성조직학적 신독성의 위험인자로 나타났으며, 신독성의 위험을 최소화 할 수 있는 적절한 CsA 치료기간은 1년 이하가 바람직 하며, CsA에 의한 신장의 조직학적인 변화는 임상적인 신기능의 감소와 무관하게 나타날 수 있으므로, 조직학적인 신독성을 찾아내는뎨 있어서 신장조직검사의 중요성이 반드시 고려되어야 할 것으로 생각되었다.