All issues > Volume 30(1); 1987

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1987;30(1):102-107. Published online January 31, 1987.

Two Cases of Nephropathy in Association with Acute Rheumatic Fever.

Young Hi Park¹, Myoung Su Chang¹, Mi Ja Yoon¹, Shinna Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Dong-Boo City Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Two cases of nephropathy in association with acute rheumatic fever are presented. Both patients had Rheumatic carditis with mitral valvular involvement and positive urinary laboratory findings of significant hematuria and proteinuria. There was no relapse of nephropathy after initial recovery and both patients are getting monthly injection of Benzatine-penicillin as prophylaxis to prevent recurrence of rheumatic fever.

Keywords :Acute rheumatic fever, Nephropathy.