KBB-Forum 2008 , Cilt 7, Sayı 1

IgA NEPHROPATHY, A RARE TONSILLECTOMY INDICATION

Dr. Güçlü Kaan BERİAT, Dr. Hande EZERARSLAN, Dr. Cem DOĞAN, Dr. Sinan KOCATÜRK
Ufuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, KBB AD, Ankara, Türkiye IgA nephropathy, the most common form of primary glomerular disease in the world, is an immune-complex–mediated glomerulonephritis defined immunohistologically by the presence of glomerular IgA deposits accompanied by a variety of lesions identified histopathologically in the absence of systemic disease. Although primary IgA nephropathy was considered a benign condition for many years, it is now we clearly know that a large number of cases eventually progress to renal failure. It is important that patients undergo further investigations at an early stage despite the tendency.

Herein, we report a patient with an Ig A nephropathy desease who have recurrent acute tonsillit with hematuria episodes which was underwent tonsillectomy. Keywords : Ig A Glomerulonephritis, tonsillectomy