Pathological Renal Findings of Chronic Renal Failure in a Patient with the E66Q Mutation in the α-galactosidase A Gene

Intern Med. 2015;54(14):1819-24. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.54.3279. Epub 2015 Jul 15.

Abstract

A 66-year-old Japanese man was diagnosed with interstitial nephritis on a renal biopsy at 45 years of age and began to receive hemodialysis at 65 years of age. He was suspected of having Fabry disease as a result of a screening study for Fabry disease performed in hemodialysis patients. He had an E66Q mutation in the α-galactosidase A gene. We conducted an electron microscopic examination of a renal biopsy specimen obtained when the patient was diagnosed with chronic renal failure at 45 years of age in order to elucidate the pathogenicity of the E66Q mutation. Interestingly, an electron microscopic examination of the renal biopsy specimen indicated no characteristic findings of Fabry disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Asian People / genetics
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Fabry Disease / diagnosis*
  • Fabry Disease / genetics
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / etiology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / genetics
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Mutation*
  • Nephritis, Interstitial / complications
  • Nephritis, Interstitial / diagnosis*
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / genetics
  • alpha-Galactosidase / genetics*

Substances

  • alpha-Galactosidase