Urine Nephrin and Podocalyxin Reflecting Podocyte Damage and Severity of Kidney Disease in Various Glomerular Diseases-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Glomerulopathy is a term used to describe a broad spectrum of renal diseases, characterized by dysfunction of glomerular filtration barrier, especially of podocytes. Several podocyte-associated proteins have been found and proved their usefulness as urine markers of podocyte dysfunction. Two of them are nephrin (NEP) and prodocalyxin (PDC).

Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis with Atypical Immunoglobulin M Deposits and Hypocomplementemia Revealed Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.

Fibrillary glomerulonephritis (FGN) is a rare form of glomerulonephritis, and the incidence in native renal biopsies is less than 1%. The diagnosis of FGN is defined by the ultrastructural finding of organized, randomly oriented, nonbranching fibrils with a diameter of 10-30 nm. FGN is immune-mediated glomerulonephritis with predominant immunoglobulin (Ig) G deposits.

Thymic Carcinoma With Multiple Paraneoplastic Disorders.

Thymic neoplasms are rare and may run an indolent course. Among them, thymic epithelial carcinoma is exceptional as it may be presented with extensive local invasion and distant metastases. There is a wide spectrum of autoimmune/paraneoplastic syndromes associated with thymic tumors including autoimmune diseases, some of which may precede the diagnosis of thymoma.