title: A study of percutaneous renal biopsy in lepromatous leprosy.
abstract: Twenty one patients of lepromatous leprosy were investigated for evidence of renal diseases. Histological lesions were observed in 76 percent cases. Sixty two percent of the cases showed a proliferative type of glomerulonephritis. Amyloidosis was present in 14 percent. The remaining 24 percent had either non-specific changes confined to renal tubules or were normal.
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*