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Rom J Intern Med
December 2024
Department of Nephrology, University of Medicine, and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu" Cluj-Napoca, 8 Victor Babeș Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Purpose: To provide epidemiologic data on kidney biopsy from Romania.
Methods: Retrospective observational study of kidney biopsy records for adult patients from a referral center in the north-western part of Romania, reported for 2014-2023.
Results: 556 biopsies were performed, corresponding to an incidence of 12 biopsies/m person-year with over 50% increase over the last reported year.
BMC Nephrol
December 2024
Department of Nephrology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518000, China.
Background: POEMS syndrome with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, and skin changes is an uncommon plasma cell paraneoplastic syndrome involving multiple system. It is relatively rare in clinical practice, and renal involvement is a usual yet easily overlooked symptom.
Case Presentation: We successfully treated a patient with M protein-negative POEMS syndrome with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) findings and thrombotic microangiopathic changes by comparing the level of Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the serum and the changes in polyserositis before and after the patient's treatment.
J Nephrol
December 2024
Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Largo Brambilla, 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
Background: About 4-7% of renal biopsies show a monoclonal gammopathy-related nephropathy, such as AL amyloidosis, cast nephropathy, or light chain deposition disease. Both a high prevalence and a causal role of monoclonal gammopathy have been observed in patients with C3 glomerulopathy or thrombotic microangiopathy, although a definitive causative role cannot be established in most cases (potentially monoclonal gammopathy-related nephropathies). A coexisting monoclonal gammopathy has been identified in many cases of nephropathy without a defined causative role (monoclonal gammopathy-unrelated nephropathies).
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November 2024
Division of Nephrology, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo 05403-010, SP, Brazil.
Background: Since the introduction of the SLICC criteria in 2012, biopsy-proven lupus nephritis (LN) has been the only independent diagnostic criterion for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This was reaffirmed by the EULAR/ACR in 2019, emphasizing the importance of renal biopsy in LN. However, the current classification lacks specific histopathological criteria for defining LN.
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December 2024
Department of Nephrology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0375, Japan.
Several cases of glomerulonephritis occurring after infection with human parvovirus B19 (PVB19) have been reported. However, the pathogenesis and clinicopathological features of PVB19-related glomerulonephritis remain elusive. We describe the case of a 34 year-old woman who showed nephrotic syndrome and microscopic hematuria 10 days after PVB19 infection.
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