title: [Glomerulopathies in the aged (excluding diabetes)].
abstract: Fifty-five cases of glomerular disease in non-diabetic patients above sixty years of age were studied retrospectively. Primary glomerular disease was found in 36 cases, among which 14 cases with minimal changes glomerulopathy (25.4%) and 7 cases with membranous glomerulopathy (12.7%). The remaining 19 patients had secondary glomerular disease, mainly with amyloidosis (12 cases: 21.8%). In these three main forms of glomerulopathy, symptoms were similar, making differential diagnosis impossible before histological examination. Significant responses to treatment can be achieved in minimal changes and extracapillary proliferative glomerulopathies: among the 14 patients given corticosteroids, 9 recovered or experienced very significant improvement. However, one patient under cortico-steroids died from perforation of the sigmoid. In order to establish the best treatment, investigations should be carried out as in younger patients, since they do not seem to involve a significantly higher risk.
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009402:Nephrosis, Lipoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
vernacular_title: Les glomérulopathies des personnes âgées (en dehors du diabète).