Collapsing glomerulopathy is an aggressive morphologic variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis which typically presents with nephrotic syndrome and rapidly progressive renal failure. Most cases of collapsing glomerulopathy are associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. We present a rare case of collapsing glomerulopathy associated with acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in...

Minimal change disease (MCD) accounts for greater than 90% of cases of nephrotic syndrome in children. In adults, MCD accounts for 10–15% of nephrotic syndrome. FSGS is increasing in incidence in adults and children, and in the USA, in adults, is now the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome w1,2x. MCD shows normal glomeruli by light microscopy. Associated acute interstitial nephritis suggest...

acial paralysis has been reported in the literature subsequent to multiple insults but its occurrence after herpes zoster infection is a drastic, disfiguring and painful event with poorer outcomes. Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is characterized by the presence of cochleovestibular symptoms in association with facial paralysis. Facial nerve palsy has long been considered to have mainly infectious e...

The objective of the present study was to investigate a possible association between HLA class II antigens and idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). HLA-A, -B, -DR and -DQ antigens were determined in 19 Brazilian patients (16 white subjects and three subjects of Japanese origin) with biopsy-proven FSGS. Comparison of the HLA antigen frequencies between white patients and white l...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) with nephrotic syndrome is a rare coincidence. Among 19 reported cases since 1972, focal glomerulosclerosis is the dominant reported pathology. Here, we report the 6th case of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with ADPKD. A 29-year-old man with a history of APCDK presented with massive proteinuria. He had a history of concurrent leptospirosi...

Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia (SIOD) is a rare disease diagnosed by skeletal malformations, steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNs), and T-cell immunodeficiency. Proteinuria with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) the most common renal pathologic finding in SIOD. In this case report, we present an 8-year-old boy generalized edema, kyphosis, who was eventually

BACKGROUND Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a relatively rare disease with numerous subtypes. Most regional nephrology centres see only a limited number of patients with each type of GN every year. The objective of this study was to find out the pattern of glomerulopathies in paediatric population, undergoing renal biopsy in Peshawar. METHODS This was a prospective study carried out at the Departme...

BACKGROUND Crystalloid podocytopathy with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in plasma cell myeloma (PCM) is rare. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of crystalline deposition in the bone marrow (BM) and various renal cells with only proteinuria as a symptom. As workup for proteinuria, a renal biopsy sample was obtained. EM showed multiple crystalline depositions in renal tubular cells and p...

Treatment of nephrotic syndrome due to minimal change disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis remains a challenge since steroid dependence, steroid resistance and a relapsing disease course exhibits a high cumulative steroid dosage. The necessity of using alternative steroid-sparing immunosuppressive agents with potential toxic side effects also restricts their long-term use. Rituximab, ...

Distinct patterns of glomerular lesions, including membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, are associated with infection by Schistosoma mansoni or Schistosoma japonicum. Evidence suggests that immune complex deposition is the main mechanism underlying the different forms of schistosomal glomerulonephritis and that immune complex deposition may be intensi...