A Case of Primary Sjogren's Syndrome associated with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome Concurrently Manifested with Sicca Complex / 대한신장학회잡지

ABSTRACT

Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease causing eye or dry mouth from the lymphocytic infiltration in the lacrimal gland and the salivary gland, and is classified as primary or secondary based on the absence or presence of complicating systemic rheumatic diseases. Extraglandular systemic lesions involving organs such as the lungs, liver, and kidney are seen, and renal involvement of these is reported to occur in 20% to 50% of patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome, and most commonly manifested with a tubulointerstitial nephritis. But a little over 20 cases with glomerulonephritis have been reported in the literature review, and only one case was reported in Korea. Glomerulonephritis is a late sequelae in the course of the disease, and is most attributed to deposition of immune complexes. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis are the most common glomerular lesions and only one case of minimal change nephrotic syndrome was reported in the literature review, and no previous case was reported in Korea. We report a minimal change nephrotic syndrome that is concurrently manifested with sicca complex in a case of Sjogren's syndrome.