Membranous glomerulonephropathy with crescents.
A case is reported in which typical histological features of idiopathic membranous glomerulonephropathy co-existed with atypical glomeruli showing cellular epithelial crescents in addition to diffuse basement-membrane thickening. These features were seen in a renal biopsy specimen taken during rapidly progressive deterioration of renal function in a patient previously known to have mild ankle edema for four years.
D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008875:Middle Aged