Hubert Nielly1, Alexis Mathian1,2, Maud Cazenave3, Hassan Izzedine4, Julien Haroche1,2, Fleur Cohen-Aubart1,2, Miguel Hie1, Makoto Miyara2,5, Marc Pineton de Chambrun1, Neila Benameur6, Pierre Hausfater1, Micheline Pha1, Du Boutin-Lê Thi Huong1, Philippe Rouvier7, Isabelle Brocheriou7, Philippe Cluzel8, Zahir Amoura1,2. 1. Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière (GHPS), French National Referral Center for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Service de Médecine Interne 2, Institut E3M, Paris, France. 2. Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI-Paris), Paris, France. 3. Sorbonne Université, APHP, GHPS, Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Department, Paris, France. 4. Hôpital Privé des Peupliers, Service de Néphrologie, Paris, France. 5. APHP, GHPS, Département d'Immunologie, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. 6. APHP, GHPS, Service de Pharmacie, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtriére, Paris, France. 7. Sorbonne Université, APHP, GHPS, Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. 8. Sorbonne Université, APHP, GHPS, Département d'Imagerie Cardiovasculaire et de Radiologie Interventionnelle, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Renal biopsy is the cornerstone of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) nephritis and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) nephropathy management. However, transcutaneous renal biopsy (TCRB) is hampered by the antithrombotic treatment frequently prescribed for those diseases. Transjugular renal biopsy (TJRB) offers an attractive alternative for patients at increased risk of bleeding. The primary objective of the study was to describe the safety profile and diagnostic performance of TJRB in SLE and APS patients. METHODS: All SLE and/or APS patients who underwent a renal biopsy in our department (between January 2004 and October 2016) were retrospectively reviewed. Major complications were death, haemostasis nephrectomy, renal artery embolization, red blood cell transfusion, sepsis and vascular thrombosis; macroscopic haematuria, symptomatic perirenal/retroperitoneal bleeding and renal arteriovenous fistula without artery embolization were considered as minor complications. RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty-six TJRBs-119 without antithrombotics (untreated), 69 under aspirin and 68 on anticoagulants and 54 TCRBs without antithrombotics-were analysed. Their major and minor complication rates, respectively, did not differ significantly for the four groups: 0 and 8% for untreated TJRBs, 1 and 6% for aspirin-treated, 6 and 10% for anticoagulant-treated and 2 and 2% for TCRBs. The number of glomeruli sampled and the biopsy contribution to establishing a histological diagnosis was similar for the four groups. CONCLUSIONS: TJRBs obtained from SLE and APS patients taking antithrombotics had diagnostic yields and safety profiles similar to those of untreated TCRBs. Thus, TJRB should be considered for SLE and APS patients at risk of bleeding.
BACKGROUND: Renal biopsy is the cornerstone of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) nephritis and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) nephropathy management. However, transcutaneous renal biopsy (TCRB) is hampered by the antithrombotic treatment frequently prescribed for those diseases. Transjugular renal biopsy (TJRB) offers an attractive alternative for patients at increased risk of bleeding. The primary objective of the study was to describe the safety profile and diagnostic performance of TJRB in SLE and APSpatients. METHODS: All SLE and/or APSpatients who underwent a renal biopsy in our department (between January 2004 and October 2016) were retrospectively reviewed. Major complications were death, haemostasis nephrectomy, renal artery embolization, red blood cell transfusion, sepsis and vascular thrombosis; macroscopic haematuria, symptomatic perirenal/retroperitoneal bleeding and renal arteriovenous fistula without artery embolization were considered as minor complications. RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty-six TJRBs-119 without antithrombotics (untreated), 69 under aspirin and 68 on anticoagulants and 54 TCRBs without antithrombotics-were analysed. Their major and minor complication rates, respectively, did not differ significantly for the four groups: 0 and 8% for untreated TJRBs, 1 and 6% for aspirin-treated, 6 and 10% for anticoagulant-treated and 2 and 2% for TCRBs. The number of glomeruli sampled and the biopsy contribution to establishing a histological diagnosis was similar for the four groups. CONCLUSIONS:TJRBs obtained from SLE and APSpatients taking antithrombotics had diagnostic yields and safety profiles similar to those of untreated TCRBs. Thus, TJRB should be considered for SLE and APSpatients at risk of bleeding.
Authors: Eun Song Kang; Soo Min Ahn; Ji Seon Oh; Hyosang Kim; Won Seok Yang; Yong-Gil Kim; Chang-Keun Lee; Bin Yoo; Seokchan Hong Journal: Clin Rheumatol Date: 2022-10-06 Impact factor: 3.650