Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Journal of Nephropharmacology 2345-4202 11 1 2022 01 01 Kidney complications following COVID-19 vaccination; a review of the literature e1 e1 10.34172/npj.2022.01 EN Shakiba Hassanzadeh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5091-5191 Arjang Djamali https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7675-6128 Leila Mostafavi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8383-3678 Aiyoub Pezeshgi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9694-7394 Journal Article 10.34172/npj.2022.01 2021 06 14 2021 08 07 Objective: To review the reported cases of kidney injury following vaccination for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with a focus on renal pathology. Methods: We searched for case reports of kidney complications after COVID-19 vaccine in PubMed. Results: A total of 36 articles including 49 case reports were reported. These included minimal change disease (n=17), IgA nephropathy (IgAN) (n=15), IgA nephritis/vasculitis (n=5), ANCA glomerulonephritis/vasculitis (n=5), anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) nephritis (n=2), and 1 case of each granulomatous vasculitis, acute tubulointerstitial nephritis, scleroderma renal crisis, IgG4-related disease nephritis, and primary membranous nephropathy (MN). Conclusion: We give an overview of the reported cases of post-COVID-19 renal complications. Further investigations of the underlying pathogenesis of post-COVID-19 vaccination renal adverse events are required, as prompt workup, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with renal complications may lead to complete remission, prevent kidney failure, and long-term complications such as end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, these complications are overall extremely rare and the benefit of vaccination outweighs the potential risks.