A case of thin basement membrane syndrome associated with idiopathic membranous nephropathy. 1994

Y Takahashi, and Y Tomino, and M Mizokuchi, and H Ohmuro, and I Shirato, and H Koide
Department of Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

A 59-year-old woman has had persistent microscopic hematuria for 10 years. A few days after the onset of upper respiratory tract infection, edema and severe proteinuria appeared. In renal biopsy, an electron micrograph revealed electron dense deposits in the subepithelial regions with diffuse thinning of the glomerular basement membrane. These glomerular findings were compatible with thin basement membrane syndrome associated with membranous nephropathy. On the basis of our review of the literature, the association of these two diseases seems to be very rare.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007678 Kidney Glomerulus A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue. Glomerulus, Kidney
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D005921 Glomerulonephritis Inflammation of the renal glomeruli (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS) that can be classified by the type of glomerular injuries including antibody deposition, complement activation, cellular proliferation, and glomerulosclerosis. These structural and functional abnormalities usually lead to HEMATURIA; PROTEINURIA; HYPERTENSION; and RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. Bright Disease,Kidney Scarring,Glomerulonephritides,Scarring, Kidney
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001485 Basement Membrane A darkly stained mat-like EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (ECM) that separates cell layers, such as EPITHELIUM from ENDOTHELIUM or a layer of CONNECTIVE TISSUE. The ECM layer that supports an overlying EPITHELIUM or ENDOTHELIUM is called basal lamina. Basement membrane (BM) can be formed by the fusion of either two adjacent basal laminae or a basal lamina with an adjacent reticular lamina of connective tissue. BM, composed mainly of TYPE IV COLLAGEN; glycoprotein LAMININ; and PROTEOGLYCAN, provides barriers as well as channels between interacting cell layers. Basal Lamina,Basement Lamina,Lamina Densa,Lamina Lucida,Lamina Reticularis,Basement Membranes,Densas, Lamina,Lamina, Basal,Lamina, Basement,Lucida, Lamina,Membrane, Basement,Membranes, Basement,Reticularis, Lamina
D015433 Glomerulonephritis, Membranous A type of glomerulonephritis that is characterized by the accumulation of immune deposits (COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX) on the outer aspect of the GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE. It progresses from subepithelial dense deposits, to basement membrane reaction and eventual thickening of the basement membrane. Heymann Nephritis,Membranous Glomerulopathy,Nephropathy, Membranous,Extramembranous Glomerulopathy,Idiopathic Membranous Glomerulonephritis,Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy,Membranous Glomerulonephropathy,Membranous Nephropathy,Glomerulonephritides, Idiopathic Membranous,Glomerulonephritides, Membranous,Glomerulonephritis, Idiopathic Membranous,Glomerulonephropathy, Membranous,Glomerulopathy, Extramembranous,Glomerulopathy, Membranous,Idiopathic Membranous Glomerulonephritides,Membranous Glomerulonephritides,Membranous Glomerulonephritides, Idiopathic,Membranous Glomerulonephritis,Membranous Glomerulonephritis, Idiopathic,Membranous Nephropathy, Idiopathic,Nephritis, Heymann,Nephropathy, Idiopathic Membranous

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