A Case of Idiopathic Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis with Hypocomplementemia / 대한신장학회지
Korean Journal of Nephrology
;
: 364-368, 2008.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-203006
ABSTRACT
A 72-year-old woman presented with generalized edema and proteinuria. Renal biopsy disclosed highly organized fibrillary deposits in subendothelial area by electron microscopy. The microfibrils were 14 nm in diameter and randomly arranged. They did not have a microtubular appearance. These materials were negative for Congo red staining. Cryoglobulinemia or paraproteinemia including light chains was not found. So we can diagnose her as fibrillary glomerulonephritis (GN). In fibrillary GN serum complement levels are usually normal except in rare cases with systemic disease. Here we present a rare case of fibrillary GN with unusual hypocomplementemia.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Paraproteinemias
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Proteinuria
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Biopsy
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Complement System Proteins
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Complement C3
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Microscopy, Electron
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Congo Red
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Microfibrils
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Cryoglobulinemia
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Edema
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Nephrology
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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