Diagnostic dilemmas in atypical postinfectious glomerulonephritis.
This study discusses the differential diagnosis of atypical postinfectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN) which may mimic a great variety of glomerular diseases. These include mild mesangial and/or endocapillary glomerulonephritis (GN) focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) with diffuse IgM mesangial deposits, crescentic GN with C3 hump-like deposits, focal mesangiocapillary GN superimposed on endocapillary pattern, membranous GN with diffuse exudative changes, crescentic GN with microabscesses, and postinfectious glomerulonephritis with anti-GBM linear deposits.
Department of Pathology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Flora
F
Sotsiou
George
G
Dimitriadis
Helen
H
Liapis
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000098:blood supply; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000473:pathology; D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000473:pathology; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D014777:Virus Diseases
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex