[Fibrillary glomerulonephritis. Case report for differential nephrotic syndrome diagnosis].

Abstract

A 67-year-old male patient presented with a nephrotic syndrome. Biopsy of the kidney revealed the characteristic of fibrillary glomerulopathy on light and electron microscopy. Other non-nephritic causes of a nephrotic syndrome (e.g. amyloidosis, immunotactoid glomerulopathy, light-chain glomerulopathy, cryoglobulinaemia, collagen-III glomerulopathy, fibronectin glomerulopathy) could be excluded. Besides the case report, differential diagnosis of fibrillary glomerulopathies is presented.

• Authors: M Weiss, K Tzavella, J Müller-Höcker, A Nerlich, E Held
• Journal: Der Pathologe (Pathologe) Vol. 19 Issue 2 Pg. 141-5 (Feb 1998) ISSN: 0172-8113 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Fibrilläre Glomerulonephritis. Fallbericht zur Differentialdiagnose des nephrotischen Syndroms.
• PMID: 9556799 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Actin Cytoskeleton (pathology)
• Aged
• Biopsy
• Capillaries (pathology)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Endothelium, Vascular (pathology)
• Glomerular Mesangium (pathology)
• Glomerulonephritis (diagnosis, pathology)
• Humans
• Kidney Glomerulus (pathology)
• Male
• Microscopy, Electron
• Nephrotic Syndrome (diagnosis, pathology)