In 1965, it was observed that patients with glomerulonephritis with persistently low serum concentrations of C3 evolved to have similar glomerular morphologic characteristics, particularly recognizable in biopsy specimens stained by the Jones methenamine silver technique [1]. Subsequent observations have indicated that although long-standing hypocomplementemia is commonly observed and is unique...

The most common form of glomerular disease seen in association with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, with or without associated cryoglobulinemia. This study examines four cases of fibrillary glomerulonephritis and two cases of immunotactoid glomerulopathy in association with HCV infection. Findings at presentation included proteinuria, renal insuffi...

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare cardiac tumor. The initial clinical course is often asymptomatic, and metastatic disease is present in a majority of affected patients at diagnosis. We present a patient who presented with a hemorrhagic pericardial effusion. No malignant cells were evident on cytological examination. He subsequently developed membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis requir...

The pregnant patient with partial lipodystrophy developing acute renal failure—onset of de novo membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis Key words: acute renal failure; pregnancy; partial lipo-towards the end of the gestation period, between 34 dystrophy; low C3; membranoproliferative nephritis and 38 weeks, and it is invariably the result of pre-eclampsia and its complications or the result of...