title: Non-neoplastic renal diseases in Kerala, India--analysis of 1592 cases, a two year retrospective study.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 1592 renal biopsies received from various hospitals all over Kerala over a period of two years was done. Of the 1544 native kidney biopsies majority of cases (300; 18.84%) were focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Next infrequency was IgA nephropathy (227; 14.26%). The other diagnoses included post infectious glomerulonephritis (GN) (150; 9.42%), lupus nephritis (131; 8.23%), membranous glomerulonephritis (118; 7.41%), minimal change disease (94; 5.94%), interstitial nephritis 87(5.46%), membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) and severe glomerulosclerosis (74; 4.64% each), IgM nephropathy (72; 4.52%), acute tubular necrosis and diabetic glomerulopathy (24; 1.5% each), ANCA-related GN (21;1.32%), amyloidosis (13; 0.82%), Henoch Schonlien purpura (12; 0.75%) atd thrombotic microangiopathy (10; 0.63%). Afew others like myeloma cast nephropathy, cholesterol embolism, Clq nephropathy, oxalosis, mixed connective tissue disorder (MCTD, Wegner's granulomatosis etc. also were seen occasionally. 48 cases were allograft biopsies (3.02%).
authors: Department of Pathology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala. bkchandrika@yahoo.co.in
authors: B Kumari
authors: BK
authors: Chandrika
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000453:epidemiology; D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000453:epidemiology; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies