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Anca negative pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis and mixed connective tissue disease: a case study

J. bras. nefrol; 42 (2), 2020
Abstract One of the most common causes of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (CrGN). In the majority of cases, this condition has a positive serologic marker, the anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs), but in approximately 10% there are no...

Trastornos glomerulares en la práctica médica
Glomerulopathies in the medical practice

Rev. medica electron; 41 (3), 2019
RESUMEN Las glomerulopatías agrupan varias nefropatías con lesiones fundamentalmente del corpúsculo renal y que se expresan principalmente por proteinuria, hematuria, edemas e hipertensión arterial. La presentación clínica varía en dependencia del tipo de enfermedad de que se trate. Constituye la ...

Most common histopathological patterns of the Minas Gerais Association of the Centers of Nephrology

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: We analyzed the distribution and frequency of glomerular diseases in patients biopsied between 1992 and 2016 in centers that make up the AMICEN (Minas Gerais Association of Nephrology Centers). METHODS: We analyzed the biopsy reports of patients from 9 AMICEN nephrology centers. W...

Glomerulopatía colapsante con insuficiencia renal terminal de rápida progresión
Collapsing glomerulopathy with rapid progression to terminal renal failure

Med. interna (Caracas); 35 (4), 2019
La glomerulopatía colapsante (GC) constituye una variedad de la glomeruloesclerosis focal y segmentaria. Afecta tanto a la población adulta (40%) como a la infantil (20%); presentándose con mayor frecuencia en hombres jóvenes y afrodescendientes. Clínicamente se presenta como un síndrome nefrótico...

Púrpura de Schönlein-Henoch del adulto con compromiso cutáneo y renal
Henoch-Schonlein purpura in an adult with cutaneous and renal involvement

Prensa méd. argent; 104 (5), 2018
La púrpura de Schönlein-Henoch (PSH) es una vasculitis sistémica dada por el depósito de inmunoglobulina A (Ig A) en la pared de los pequeños vasos sanguíneos. Clínicamente se manifiesta por un tétrada característica: compromiso cutáneo ("púrpura palpaable"); afección articular (artralgias o ...

Multiple facets of HIV-associated renal disease

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 49 (4), 2016
HIV infection has a broad spectrum of renal manifestations. This study examined the clinical and histological manifestations of HIV-associated renal disease, and predictors of renal outcomes. Sixty-one (64% male, mean age 45 years) HIV patients were retrospectively evaluated. Clinical presentation and re...

Cocaine/levamisole-induced systemic vasculitis with retiform purpura and pauci-immune glomerulonephritis

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 49 (5), 2016
Levamisole has been increasingly used as an adulterant of cocaine in recent years, emerging as a public health challenge worldwide. Levamisole-associated toxicity manifests clinically as a systemic vasculitis, consisting of cutaneous, hematological, and renal lesions, among others. Purpura retiform, cuta...

Glomerulonefrite em pediatria
Gomerulonephritis in children

Arq. bras. med; 66 (2), 1992
Os autores apresentam uma apreciaçäo clínico-patológica das glomerulonefrites na infância, relatando sua experiência no HUPE-UERJ). 1) GN com lesäo mínima: 128 casos (54,7% pré-escolares e 67,9% do sexo masculino): com prognóstico muito bom. 2) Esclerose focal e segmentar: 37 casos, quatro em r...