FILARIAL NEPHRITIS - A CAUSE OF NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

Authors
RAO RV ANUPINDI L CHATTERJEE A VARGHESE GK KRISHNANAND BR
Citation
Rv. Rao et al., FILARIAL NEPHRITIS - A CAUSE OF NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, Tropical and geographical medicine, 45(4), 1993, pp. 180-181
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Tropical and geographical medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00413232
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
180 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-3232(1993)45:4<180:FN-ACO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A 26-year-old male presented with oedema, massive albuminuria and micr oscopic haematuria. Kidney biopsy revealed enlarged cellular glomeruli infiltrated by polymorphs and eosinophils with focal fibrin deposits along the basement membrane. Microfilariae were seen in the lumen of f ew glomerular capillaries. Antistreptolysin titre was negative.The abs ence of other aetiological factors and presence of microfilariae withi n glomeruli suggests that nephrotic syndrome may be due to a filarial nephritis.