SECONDARY IGA GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AS INITIAL PRESENTATION FOR CIRRHOSIS- A CASE REPORT

IgA disease can be primary or secondary. Primary is autoimmune due to impaired glycosylation, which produces kidney disease, whereas secondary disease with different kinds of impaired glycosylation rarely produces kidney disease due to an unknown mechanism. The case shows rare case of IgA nephropathy in a cirrhotic and further dwells into pathophysiology of the disease.