Lymphadenopathy and proteinuria

Peripheral Lymphadenopathy: Approach and Diagnostic Tools

Peripheral lymph nodes, located deep in the subcutaneous tissue, clean antigens from the extracellular fluid. Generally, a normal sized lymph node is less than one cm in diameter. Peripheral lymphadenopathy (LAP) is frequently due to a local or systemic, benign, self-limited, infectious disease. However, it could be a manifestation of underlying malignancy. Seventy-five percent of all LAPs are ...

Lymphadenopathy.

Hereditary proteinuria syndromes and mechanisms of proteinuria.

N Engl J Med 2006;354:1387-401. Copyright © 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. The inherited forms of proteinuria comprise a heterogeneous group of rare renal diseases in which glomerular dysfunction and proteinuria are prominent. Despite the rarity of hereditary proteinuria syndromes, genetic, biochemical, and structural studies of these diseases have made important contributions to our knowl...

Polyarthritis and angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy.

Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD) is a lymphoproliferative disorder with well established clinical and histological features, one of the clinical manifestations being a peripheral polyarthritis. A case of AILD with a symmetrical non-erosive peripheral polyarthritis is described, including the findings in the synovial fluid and histology of the synovium. There was a marked reduction in t...

Hypercalcaemia and angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy

A 57-year-old woman presented in November 1978 with a two-month history of intermittent fever, an evanescent non-pruritic rash, loss of 10 kg, and generalised lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. Haemoglobin concentration was 7 8 g/dl, white cell count 316 x 109/1 (31 600/mm3), and platelet count 142 x 109/1. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 102 mm in first hour (Westergren), and Coombs te...