title: Idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis: Report of two cases and review of literature.
abstract: Nodular glomerulosclerosis, a pathological finding characterized by areas of marked mesangial expansion with accentuated glomerular nodularity can be seen in a number of conditions including diabetic nephropathy, amyloidosis, light chain deposition disease, fibrillary and immunotactoid glomerulopathy, collagen type III disease, nodular membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and Takayasu's arteritis. Idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis is a diagnosis of exclusion and is reported in patients with hypertension, smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, metabolic syndrome, etc. We report two cases of idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis, one in obese hypertensive male and the other in nonhypertensive, nonobese female patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chandragiri
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Mukku
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Uppin
keywords: Nodular glomerulosclerosis; hypertension; obesity; smoking