Many reports confirm that thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) commonly occurs together with other glomerular diseases such as minimal change glomerulonephritis, diabetes, membranous nephropathy, immunoglobulin (Ig)A glomerulonephritis, and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. We postulate 3 explanations for these observations. The association of minimal change glomerulonephritis with TBMN ...

OBJECTIVE To correlate the findings of immunoflorescence (IF) with morphology in renal biopsies of patients with glomerulonephritis (GN) of both primary and secondary nature. METHODS The cross-sectional analytical study was conducted at the Shifa International Hospital's Department of Pathology form March 2007 to August 2008, during which a total of 207 renal biopsies were done. Of them, the ...

The prevalence, pathogenesis, predictors, and natural course of patients with recurrent glomerulonephritis (GN) de novo GN occurring after renal transplantation (RT) remains incompletely understood. Consequently, the treatment options was poorly described largely extrapolated from general population. We aimed to determine incidence GN, clinical pathological characteristics these post-transplant...

A 43-year-old woman with a history of psoriasis vulgaris was admitted for nephrotic syndrome that had started 6 months before. Renal biopsy revealed membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN). She did not receive any therapy for MGN. Two months later she started therapy for psoriasis with adalimumab, which resulted in disappearance of psoriatic skin lesions with progressive reduction of 24h proteinuri...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Cyclophosphamide treatment improves renal survival in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy. However, use of cyclophosphamide is associated with cancer. The incidence of malignancies in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy was evaluated, and the cancer risk associated with cyclophosphamide use was estimated. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASU...

We describe a case of a 55-year-old man who presented with pulmonary embolism and who was found to have nephrotic syndrome due to idiopathic membranous nephropathy. There are no other signs of nephrotic syndrome such as edema.

A woman aged 58 years presented with ankle swelling and proteinuria.. She smoked 20-30 cigarettes a day, was taking no medication, and was normotensive. Urine microscopy showed red cells with granular and cellular casts. The proteinuria was selective and amounted to 5-2 g/24 h. Serum concentrations were as follows: albumnin 25 g/l, urea 6-8 mmol/l (41 mg/100 ml), and creatinine 129 /umol/l (1-4...

Introduction: Membranous nephropathy (MN) is the most common causes of the nephrotic syndrome in nondiabetic, Caucasian adults. Pauci-immune necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis (PNCGN) typically present with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Coexistent MN and PNCGN is a rare occurrence. We report a case of both MPOand PR3-ANCA associated NCGN with MN that presented as rapidly pr...

A 31 year old man first developed steroid-resistant idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis in 1981. Stable normal renal function was maintained until August 1988 when he suffered a clinical relapse with heavy proteinuria and declining renal function. Immunosuppressive therapy with prednisolone and cyclophosphamide was instituted in an attempt to arrest this relapse. Despite this, he later dev...

Hepatitis C virus infection has been associated with a variety of extrahepatic disorders. We report four patients with membranous glomerulonephritis and hepatitis C virus infection. In contrast to patients previously reported with HCV infection and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, these patients have normal or minimally reduced complement levels and no evidence of rheumatoid factor or ...