OBJECTIVES To document the histopathological spectrum of atypical nephrotic syndrome in Jamaican children and to make clinicopathological correlations which will assist physicians in identifying patients needing nephrology consultation. METHODS This was a retrospective review of renal biopsy data of Jamaican children who were referred to the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Bust...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Only rare cases of concurrent membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis (NCGN) have been reported. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS The authors report the clinical and pathologic findings in 14 patients with MGN and ANCA-associated NCGN. RESULTS The cohort...

A 16 year old girl with rheumatoid arthritis who had not received gold or penicillamine developed a nephrotic syndrome. Her renal biopsy specimen showed membranous glomerulonephritis by light, electron, and immunofluorescence microscopy.

Twenty-seven patients with histologically confirmed lupus nephritis were studied to identify the incidence of lupus band and its significance to histological patterns of nephritis and complement levels. It was found that the kidney involvement is 2.5 times more frequent in lupus band positive patients. The association of a positive lupus and low C3 level signifies the presence of diffuse prolif...

A case of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) with Membranous Glomerulonephritis (MGN) is reported. This is the second case recorded in the literature and the article compares this case with the other reported case, including immunological implications.

Background The kidneys are known as a target of hepatitis viruses. The renal impairment associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) could be represented by lesions of glomeruli, or by injury of the renal tubules. Membranous nephropathy is the most common form of glomerulonephritis associated with HBV infection. We aimed to develop a prospective study that evaluated the relation between serum levels...

Idiopathic membranous glomerulonephropathy is a well defined clinical and pathological entity (Cluck et al, 1973). It is postulated to be an immune-complex disease. There seems to be some variation in the life expectancy in this group of patients, nonetheless most agree that slow progression to renal failure is usual. Evolution of membranous nephropathy to a rapidly progressive crescentic glome...