title: Focal glomerular sclerosis.
abstract: Focal glomerular sclerosis was diagnosed in nine patients by renal biopsy. Proteinuria, hematuria, hypertension, and slowly progressive renal insufficiency unresponsive to corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy were consistent clinical findings. Focal, segmental, and global glomerular sclerosis with intraluminal deposits of hypereosinophilic and strongly PAS-positive material, intracapillary foam cells, and moderate interstitial involvement were consistent morphologic findings. The importance of this clinicopathologic entity in the spectrum of renal diseases has only recently been appreciated.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000175:diagnosis; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000175:diagnosis