Rituximab-induced remission in a woman with coexisting rheumatoid arthritis and nephrotic syndrome

Rheumatol Int. 2015 Sep;35(9):1597-600. doi: 10.1007/s00296-014-3207-8. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Abstract

We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who presented with nephrotic syndrome which was not related neither to drug therapy nor to amyloidosis. Renal biopsy revealed membranous glomerulonephritis. The patient was treated with three cycles of rituximab with complete resolution of the clinical and laboratory evidence of nephrosis. The following report discusses this unusual presentation and clinical response.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / complications
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Remission Induction
  • Rituximab / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Rituximab