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Srp Arh Celok Lek
February 2004
Institute of Pathology, University School of Medicine, Belgrade.
IgA nephropathy is glomerular disease characterized by the presence of IgA dominant or codominant immunoglobuline deposits in glomerular mesangium which can be demonstrated by immunofluorescence. Clinical manifestations of IgA nephropathy in the majority of cases is hematuria which can be macro or microscopic, isolated or combined with proteinuria, which can be of nephrotic range. The prognosis of the disease is better if presented with haematuria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn 53 children and adolescents (47 males, 6 females) with lupus nephritis, clinical features at the time of renal biopsy were analyzed and correlated with pathohistological findings. The mean age at the time of diagnosis of systemic lupus was 12.9 +/- 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF18 patients with grave DP treated with a long-term artificial pulmonary ventilation and feeding through a naso-gastric probe were studied. Biopsies of n. suralis taken at different periods after the appearance of the first signs of DP (from the 19th to the 69th day) were studied at light and electronic microscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSrp Arh Celok Lek
April 1997
Institute of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Faculty of Medicine, Nish.
In a period of 10 years we performed renal biopsies in 13 patients with systemic lupus erythematosis, the results showed mild changes and focal glomerulonephritis in 30%, diffuse glomerulonephritis in 23% and membranous nephropathy and sclerotic glomerulonephritis in 15% of patients. In the follow-up period three patients died. Prognosis of severe lupus nephritis is better nowadays because of improved therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArkh Patol
October 1996
St. Petersburg Medical Academy.
12 autopsy cases of primary hemochromatosis were studied: 11 males (aged between 29 and 69 years, mean age 51 years) and 1 57-year-old female. Clinical course in 6 patients ran with predominant liver damage to the small nodule or was of biliary cirrhosis type, in 3 cases main manifestation was diabetes mellitus and in 3 cases cardiomyopathy. Generalized pattern of hemosiderine deposits with involvement of the liver, pancreas, heart, adrenals, pituitary, epiphysis, thyroid and other organs was established by the Pearl's test.
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