Author(s): Uri Goldberg, M.Sami Walid, Mustafa Mawih, Eric Jerome, Adebola Orafidiya
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerulonephritis in the world. The disease is most prevalent among Caucasian
and Southeast Asian men and fairly uncommon among African Americans. We present the case of a 26-year-old African American man
who was sent to the hospital for management of acute kidney injury (AKI) and for whom renal biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of IgAN. The
patient’s race and atypical clinical picture, which will be discussed below, combine for an unusual presentation of this common renal pathology.