COVID-19-Associated Kidney Injury: A Case Series of Kidney Biopsy Findings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reports show that AKI is a common complication of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitalized patients. Studies have also observed proteinuria and microscopic hematuria in such patients. Although a recent autopsy series of patients who died with severe COVID-19 in China found acute tubular necrosis in the kidney, a few patient reports have also described collapsing glomerulopathy in COVID-19.

Methods

We evaluated biopsied kidney samples from ten patients at our institution who had COVID-19 and clinical features of AKI, including proteinuria with or without hematuria. We documented clinical features, pathologic findings, and outcomes.

Results

Our analysis included ten patients who underwent kidney biopsy (mean age: 65 years); five patients wer

SUBMITTER: Sharma P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7461689 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature