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Am J Kidney Dis
; 46(4): e51-3, 2005 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16183407
RESUMO
We describe clinical and pathological features of kidney and skin involvement in a patient with hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with dapsone. Although visceral damage occurs rarely, similar skin and kidney histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings indicate that this organ is a target for type IV cell-mediated dapsone reaction. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of renal hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with dapsone.