Jaccoud's nephritis. |
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Authors: | Andreas L Birkenfeld Ute Kettritz Jan-Hinrich Br?sen Wolfgang Schneider Alexander Natusch Ursula G?bel |
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Institution: | Medical Faculty of the Charité, Franz Volhard Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. andibirkenfeld@gmx.de |
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Introduction
| Jaccoud was a French clinician from the 19th century who reporteda peculiar joint deformity in patients with rheumatic fever1]. He observed the development of an ulnar deviation thatwas reducible, which indicated that the joint spaces were notdestroyed. We have no evidence that Jaccoud was interested inthe kidney or that he ever saw a patient with nephritis. Perhapsthe patient reported here would have raised his interest inour specialty.
Case
| A 69-year-old woman was admitted because of generalized weaknessand decreasing renal function. Two months earlier, her
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