[Clinical and histologic findings in patients with renal amyloidosis]. 1996

S Rasić, and M Cengić, and S Golemac, and S Uncanin, and J Karamehić
Institut za nefrologiju i imunologiju, Klinicki centar Sarajevo.

Renal amyloidosis is a rare disease when compared to other kidney diseases. During the period of last fifteen years, at the Institute of Nephrology and Immunology in Sarajevo renal amyloidosis was diagnosed with 15 patients. The disease occurred more often with men than with women. Only during 1988, renal amyloidosis was revealed and followed up with five patients. The most common clinical manifestations of renal amyloidosis are nephrotic syndrome and chronic renal failure, with respective laboratory findings. Using immunofluorescent analysis of the kidney biopsy material, we discovered deposits of immunoglobulins of different intensity and deposits of lambda and kappa light chains of immunoglobulins. The intensity of lambda light chains is greater than that of kappa chains. The analysis of light microscopy showed nodular mesangial deposits and deposits along GBM without proliferation. The diagnosis of amyloidosis was confirmed by staining of amyloid. Application of therapy for amyloidosis was without any effect. Although renal amyloidosis is a rare disease, we want to point out disease as being an etiologic factor in nephrotic syndrome.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D007674 Kidney Diseases Pathological processes of the KIDNEY or its component tissues. Disease, Kidney,Diseases, Kidney,Kidney Disease
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000686 Amyloidosis A group of sporadic, familial and/or inherited, degenerative, and infectious disease processes, linked by the common theme of abnormal protein folding and deposition of AMYLOID. As the amyloid deposits enlarge they displace normal tissue structures, causing disruption of function. Various signs and symptoms depend on the location and size of the deposits. Amyloidoses
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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