In 7 years (1981-1988) at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was made in 67 patients. In 23 of these patients lupus nephritis complicated the SLE. Lupus nephritis was diagnosed through renal biopsy, haematuria and proteinuria in urine with positive lupus erythematosus (LE) cell phenomenon. The histology found in these patients inclu...

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis describes a glomerular-injury pattern common to heterogeneous group of diseases. Evaluation based on clinical and laboratory presentation immunofluorescence staining kidney biopsy allows identification underlying pathophysiological processes may facilitate proper diagnosis treatment. Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome is rare autoimmune di...

Fibrillary glomerulonephritis is an unusual, but not rare cause of glomerulonephritis. Hypocomplementemia in association with fibrillary glomerulonephritis has been reported only once previously. A patient with hypocomplementemia and fibrillary deposits as demonstrated by electronmicroscopy is reported. The clinical and pathologic features of fibrillary glomerulonephritis and immunotactoid glom...

Mantle Cell Lymphoma associated with Membranoproliferative and Membranous Glomerulonephritis: Report of Two Cases Elena Zakharova1*, Ekaterina Stolyarevich2, Eugeny Nikitin3 1Nephrology Department, Head, Moscow City Botkin Memorial Hospital 2Nephropathology Department, Head, Moscow City Nephrology Centre 3Hematology Day Patient Department, Head, Moscow City Botkin Memorial Hospital Cancer Scien...

We report a case of acute Plasmodium malariae infection complicating corticosteroid treatment for membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a patient from an area where P. malariae infection is not endemic. A peripheral blood smear showed typical band-form trophozoites compatible with P. malariae or Plasmodium knowlesi. SSU rRNA sequencing confirmed the identity to be P. malariae.

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) and C3 glomerulonephritis (C3 GN) can be secondary to monoclonal gammopathy and multiple myeloma. MPGN Type 1 is caused by activation of the classical pathway by immune complex formation, and C3 GN results from abnormalities in the alternative pathway of complement. In previously reported cases of MPGN and C3 GN secondary to monoclonal gammopathy/...

A 21-year-old man was admitted to Kure National Hospital with nephrotic syndrome in September 1996. He had suffered from an intractable pruritic skin rash and recurrent subcutaneous abscesses caused by the hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome since the age of 18 months. Renal biopsy gave a diagnosis of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Steroid therapy decreased urinary protein loss and hypopr...

acute glomerulonephritis (agn) is a type of renal disease which indicates the inflammation of glomerulus and nephrons. this study was carried on 94 children, <15 years old with the diagnosis of agn who were admitted to qom and yazd's hospitals between 2000 and 2006. data were collected using hospital records on admission, progression notes and outpatient follow up. among 94 patients, 55.3% were...

A case of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis following ear-piercing is reported. It illustrates a rare but life-threatening complication of a cosmetic procedure carried out under unhygienic conditions.