The nephrotic syndrome in the Sudan with special reference to schistosomal nephropathy. A preliminary morphological study.
The morphology of 68 renal biopsies from the Sudan is analysed. Schistosomal infection was more common among the nephrotic patients than in the average population (32% against less than 1%). In the schistosomal group the high incidence of focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis (28%) and of secondary amyloidosis (38%) was remarkable. The history is described of a boy in whom repeated biopsies showed the decrease of glomerular amyloid depositions accompanied by mesangial cell proliferation following treatment for schistosomiasis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*; D013397:Sudan