Primary cerebral lymphoma with glomerular renal involvement.
We report a case of primary cerebral lymphoma metastasizing to the kidney with exclusive involvement of the glomeruli. We discuss the possible explanations of this unusual phenomenon, and present some of the unusual clinical features of the case. Nephropathologists interpreting glomerular hypercellularity should always consider metastatic neoplasms as a possible, though rare, cause.
D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged