Chronic mesangiolytic glomerulopathy in a patient with SC hemoglobinopathy.
Numerous cases of glomerular disease in sickle cell patients have been reported. Glomerular disease in SC double heterozygotes has not been reported despite its equal prevalence in adults. We herein report a case of mesangiolytic glomerulopathy in a patient with SC disease.
Freedman
B I
BI
Department of Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
Burkart
J M
JM
Iskandar
S S
SS
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology