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Long-term outcome of biopsy-proven idiopathic tubulointersitial nephritis with or without uveitis in children-a nationwide follow-up study.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Only a few studies reporting the long-term outcome of children with idiopathic tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) and uveitis syndrome (TINU) are available. We studied the long-term kidney and ocular outcome in a nationwide cohort of children with TIN or TINU.

Methods

All patients followed up for a minimum of 1 year by a paediatrician and an ophthalmologist were enrolled. The data on plasma creatinine (P-Cr), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), proteinuria, hypertension and uveitis were collected retrospectively.

Results

Fifty-two patients were studied. Median age at time of diagnosis was 13.1 (1.8-16.9) years and median follow-up time was 5.7 (1.1-21.2) years. Forty-five (87%) patients were initially treated with glucocorticoids. The median of the maximum P-Cr was 162 μmol/l (47-1,016) and that of eGFR 47 ml/min/1.73m2 (8-124). Uveitis was diagnosed in 33 patients (63%) and 21 (40%) patients developed chronic uveitis. P-Cr normalised in a median of 2 months. Eleven (21%) patients had nephritis recurrence during or after discontinuation of glucocorticoids. At the latest follow-up, 13 (25%) patients had eGFR < 90 ml/min/1.73m2 (median 83; 61-89 ml/min/1.73m2). Six patients had tubular proteinuria; all presented with TIN without uveitis. Seven (13%) patients were hypertensive. Eleven (21%) patients had uveitis. One patient developed uraemia and was later transplanted.

Conclusions

Our study questions the previously reported good long-term kidney and ocular outcome of patients with TIN/TINU. Decreased kidney function and/or ocular co-morbidities may persist for several years; thus, both kidney and ocular follow-up for at least 1 year is warranted. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.

SUBMITTER: Rytkonen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497450 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Long-term outcome of biopsy-proven idiopathic tubulointersitial nephritis with or without uveitis in children-a nationwide follow-up study.

Rytkönen Sari S   Tainio Juuso J   Saarela Ville V   Endén Kira K   Kataja Janne J   Arikoski Pekka P   Nuutinen Matti M   Jahnukainen Timo T  

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 20210518 11


<h4>Background</h4>Only a few studies reporting the long-term outcome of children with idiopathic tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) and uveitis syndrome (TINU) are available. We studied the long-term kidney and ocular outcome in a nationwide cohort of children with TIN or TINU.<h4>Methods</h4>All patients followed up for a minimum of 1 year by a paediatrician and an ophthalmologist were enrolled. The data on plasma creatinine (P-Cr), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), proteinuria, hyp  ...[more]

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