Glomerular Fingerprint Deposits In Hepatitis 8 Virus-associated Nephropathy t

Since Grishman et al. (1967) reported organized deposits with a fingerprint pattern in kidneys with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), they have been regarded as a rare but special ultrastructural feature of lupus nephritis. Yet, these deposits were also described in a few cases with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (Spargo et al. 1980), membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) (Davis et al. 1976), and Goodpasture's syndrome (Zollinger et al. 1978). Alpers et al. (1984) reported two patients featuring glomerular deposits with a fingerprint pattern, who did not show any evidence of SLE at time of biopsy but later developed clinical features of SLE. From thses observations, they believe that these deposits can be a specific marker for SLE, even when overt clinical signs of SLE are