Publications by authors named "Gessica Sabrine Braga Barbosa"
Overlap of membranous nephropathy and IgA nephropathy in a patient with Kimura's disease: a case report and literature review.
Géssica Sabrine Braga Barbosa Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves Sara Mohrbacher André Néder Ramires Abdo Lívia Barreira Cavalcante Leonardo Victor Barbosa Pereira
Front Immunol
July 2024
Article Synopsis
- A 27-year-old man with KD presented symptoms like leg edema, cervical mass, and high eosinophil levels, leading to diagnoses of overlapping membranous nephropathy and IgA nephropathy.
- Treatment involved prednisone and methotrexate, resulting in a reduction of the cervical mass and improvement in kidney function, indicating a need to monitor kidney health in KD patients.
Herpes Zoster (HZ) is caused by reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) in craniospinal sensory neurons and is characterized by a painful erythematous rash in the affected dermatome. Although kidney transplant recipients who are chronically maintained on immunosuppressive regimens are considered at risk, there are only a few cases described. We report a well-documented case of a 50-year-old male kidney transplant recipient who presented Ramsay-Hunt syndrome with atypical neurological finds.
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