ABSTRACT Introduction: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCAs) are crucial in the pathogenesis of ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis. Although highly specific for this disease, these antibodies can appear in healthy individuals or occur in other settings such as malignance, other inflammatory disease, or drugs. Renal biopsy remains essential for diagnosis and as a prognostic tool. Failing to perform a...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease which can involve almost any organ, making its difficult therapeutic approach. Immune complex deposition can often activate complement, accounting for many of SLE clinical manifestations and laboratory findings. We present a case of a patient who presented with acute pancreatitis and acute kidney injury as onset manifestations of SLE, later developing ...
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease which can occur as a primary disease or in association with other autoimmune diseases, the most frequent being Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Although renal manifestations of SLE are well known, antiphospholipid syndrome renal manifestations such as antiphospholipid syndrome nephropathy and glomerulopathies have yet to be better characterized...
Procura-se discutir, à luz das contribuições da psicanálise, como algumas formas de escrita no corpo, tão frequentes na contemporaneidade - tatuagens, cortes, escarificações -, poderiam produzir maneiras possíveis e singulares de enlaçamento do sujeito ao Outro. A escrita deixa pistas, vestígios do percurso da pulsão, rastos do pensamento e possibilita alguma ligação com o mundo compartilhado, dando margem a pe...