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Saha MK, Massicotte-Azarniouch D, Reynolds ML, Mottl AK, Falk RJ, Jennette JC, Derebail VK. Glomerular Hematuria and the Utility of Urine Microscopy: A Review. Am J Kidney Dis 2022; 80:383-392. [PMID: 35777984 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Evaluation of hematuria and microscopic examination of urine sediment are commonly used tools by nephrologists in their assessment of glomerular diseases. Certain morphological aspects of urine red blood cells (RBCs) seen by microscopy may help in identifying the source of hematuria as glomerular or not. Recognized signs of glomerular injury are RBC casts or dysmorphic RBCs, in particular acanthocytes (ring-shaped RBCs with protruding blebs). Despite being a highly operator-dependent test, urine sediment examination revealing these signs of glomerular hematuria has demonstrated specificities and positive predictive values ranging between 90%-100% for diagnosing glomerular disease, although sensitivity can be quite variable. Hematuria is a commonly used tool for diagnosing patients with proliferative glomerulonephritis such as IgA nephropathy, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, and lupus nephritis, sometimes even as a surrogate for kidney involvement. Studies examining the role for hematuria in monitoring and predicting adverse outcomes in these diseases have shown inconsistent results, possibly due to inconsistent definitions that often fail to consider specific markers of glomerular hematuria such as dysmorphic RBCs, acanthocytes, or RBC casts. A consensus definition of what constitutes glomerular hematuria would help standardize use in future studies and likely improve the diagnostic and prognostic value of hematuria as a marker of glomerulonephritis.
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- Manish K Saha
- UNC Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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- UNC Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- UNC Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- UNC Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- UNC Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- UNC Kidney Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Yuste C, Rivera F, Moreno JA, López-Gómez JM. Haematuria on the Spanish Registry of Glomerulonephritis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19732. [PMID: 26818712 PMCID: PMC4730139 DOI: 10.1038/srep19732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Recent studies suggest a pathogenic role for glomerular haematuria among renal function. However, there is no data on the prevalence of haematuria from a large renal biopsy registry. We analysed the prevalence of gross (GH) and microscopic (mH) haematuria in 19,895 patients that underwent native renal biopsies from the Spanish Registry of Glomerulonephritis. Haematuria's overall incidence was 63% (GH 8.6% and mH 55.1%), being more frequent in males (64.7% vs. 62.4%). GH was more prevalent in patients <18 years (21.3% vs. 7.7%). The commonest clinical presentation associated with GH was acute kidney injury (31.5%) and IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) (33.6%) was the most frequent histological finding. GH patients showed a significantly (p < 0.05) lower eGFR and proteinuria levels as compared with patients with mH and without haematuria. Moreover, mH was more prevalent in adults (56.3%). Nephrotic syndrome was the commonest clinical presentation in mH patients (32.2%) and IgAN (18.5%) the most frequent histological finding. In conclusion, haematuria, is a frequent urinalysis finding in patients underwent native renal biopsy. The most frequent histological finding in both GH and mH is IgAN. Whereas, GH is more frequent in young males with acute kidney injury, mH is commoner among adults with nephrotic syndrome.
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- Renal,Vascular and Diabetes Research Lab. IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz. Autonóma University, Madrid, Spain
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Ohsaki H, Hirouchi T, Hayashi N, Okanoue E, Ohara M, Kuroda N, Hirakawa E, Norimatsu Y. Diagnostic value of urine erythrocyte morphology in the detection of glomerular disease in SurePath™ liquid-based cytology compared with fresh urine sediment examination. Cytopathology 2012; 24:52-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2012.00958.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Persistent haematuria and proteinuria due to glomerular disease in related Abyssinian cats. J Feline Med Surg 2008; 10:219-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Eight cases of glomerular disease in young, related Abyssinian cats are described. Haematuria was the most consistent feature. Six cats developed the nephrotic syndrome. The short-term prognosis was good for cats with haematuria and fair for cats with the nephrotic syndrome as oedema resolved in three of the six cats. Light microscopic examination of renal biopsies from three cats was considered normal or revealed only mild abnormalities. In the three cases subjected to necropsy, histological abnormalities included mild mesangial hypercellularity and adhesions between the glomerular tuft and Bowman's capsule consistent with a focal proliferative glomerulopathy. Further investigation into this glomerulopathy will require ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies to characterise the glomerular abnormality and genetic analyses to investigate its potential to be an inherited disease. Glomerular disease, potentially a familial one, should be considered in the investigation of persistent haematuria or proteinuria in Abyssinian and related cats.
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Nagahama D, Yoshiko K, Watanabe M, Morita Y, Iwatani Y, Matsuo S. A useful new classification of dysmorphic urinary erythrocytes. Clin Exp Nephrol 2005; 9:304-309. [PMID: 16362157 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-005-0380-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2005] [Accepted: 08/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Among dysmorphic urinary erythrocytes (D cells), G1 cells or doughnut-shaped erythrocytes with one or more blebs are considered to be reliable markers for glomerular diseases. However, although there are many D cells with cytoplasmic color loss and without blebs in the urinary sediment, the significance of these cells is not clear. In this study, we devised a classification system for D cells and examined the relation between these cell types and urinalysis data. METHODS We classified D cells into three types (D1, D2, and D3 cells): D1 cells showed a ring-like shape and severe loss of cytoplasmic color with protrusions or blebs; D2 cells showed a doughnut-like shape and moderate cytoplasmic color loss with protrusions or blebs; and D3 cells showed a doughnut-like shape and mild cytoplasmic color loss without protrusions or blebs. We calculated the numbers of D cells of each type in 45 patients with glomerular diseases and in 303 general outpatients. This was done by bright-field microscopy modified for the analysis of urinary sediment, and we also examined the significance of these cell types. RESULTS In the 45 patients with glomerular diseases, the numbers of D1, D2, and D3 cells correlated with urine levels of proteinuria and hematuria and numbers of cellular and fatty casts. Numbers of D1 and D2 cells correlated with urine concentrations of albumin and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, and the proportions of D1 and D2 cells in D cells increased with the activity of glomerular diseases classified by urinalysis data. Only the number of D1 cells correlated with the urine concentration of potassium, which may increase in hemolysis. In the 303 outpatients, the sensitivity of D3 cells and D1 and/or D2 cells (G1 cells) was 73% and 46%, respectively, for the detection of glomerular diseases and the specificity was 93% and 99%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that the D3 cell is a sensitive marker for glomerular diseases, and that D1 and/or D2 cells are markers for severe glomerular diseases.
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- Daisuke Nagahama
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nagoya University Hospital, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8560, Japan.
- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Course of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nagoya University Hospital, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8560, Japan
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Course of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Course of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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Meglic A, Kuzman D, Jazbec J, Japelj-Pavesić B, Kenda RB. Erythrocyte deformability and microhematuria in children and adolescents. Pediatr Nephrol 2003; 18:127-32. [PMID: 12579401 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-002-1024-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2002] [Revised: 09/11/2002] [Accepted: 09/30/2002] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether erythrocyte deformability is higher in otherwise healthy children and adolescents with asymptomatic isolated glomerular microhematuria and no clinical or laboratory signs indicating renal disorder. Erythrocyte deformability in 33 children and adolescents with unexplained asymptomatic isolated glomerular microhematuria (study group) was compared with erythrocyte deformability in 133 individuals without urinary tract disease and without microhematuria (control group), 26 patients with microhematuria and IgA nephropathy (IgA nephropathy group), and 31 children and adolescents with benign familial hematuria (benign familial hematuria group). The erythrocyte and buffer filtration time was measured, the erythrocyte-to-buffer filtration time ratio calculated, and, on the basis thereof, erythrocyte deformability was estimated as an inverse proportion of the erythrocyte-to-buffer filtration time ratio in all subjects. The erythrocyte-to-buffer filtration time ratio increased with age in all groups (P<0.001). In the study group, the mean erythrocyte-to-buffer filtration time ratio, corrected for age of subjects, was significantly lower than in the control (P=0.042), IgA nephropathy (P=0.004), and benign familial hematuria groups (P= 0.048). Erythrocytes with higher deformability probably pass more easily through the glomerular basement membrane that is assumed to be normal, in which case the mechanism of asymptomatic isolated glomerular microhematuria could be explained by higher erythrocyte deformability.
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- Anamarija Meglic
- Nephrology Department, Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Stare pravde 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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COSTA RS, SOUZA RMBESSAE, FRANCO PB, DANTAS M, GOMES UA, DOS REIS MA. Evaluation of erythrocyte morphology in the urinary sediment for the differential diagnosis of haematurias using standard light microscopy. Nephrology (Carlton) 1996. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1996.tb00085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Makino H, Kawasaki H, Murakami K, Hironaka K, Amano T, Ota Z. Mechanism of haematuria in lupus nephritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1995; 54:934-6. [PMID: 7492247 PMCID: PMC1010048 DOI: 10.1136/ard.54.11.934-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Ishihara Y, Morita M, Matsuyama T, Ikeda M, Kawahara K, Kawamura K, Kamiyama Y, Honda M, Hasegawa O, Ito H. Importance of mechanical damage to urinary red blood cells by the glomerular basement membrane. ACTA PAEDIATRICA JAPONICA : OVERSEAS EDITION 1994; 36:656-7. [PMID: 7871976 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1994.tb03263.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The reasons for morphological changes of urinary red blood cells (RBC) in patients with glomerulonephritis are still controversial. In order to evaluate the importance of mechanical damage by the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), we examined urinary RBC taken from the patients with two different diseases which have characteristic GBM changes. Urinary RBC taken from 20 patients with Alport syndrome and nine with thin GBM disease were examined using a scanning electron microscope. Nineteen out of the 20 patients (95.0%) with Alport syndrome showed 'glomerular type', while five of the nine patients (55.6%) with thin GBM disease showed 'glomerular type'. These results suggest that more complicated GBM abnormalities cause more severe RBC distortion. Therefore, we conclude that mechanical damage by the GBM may be the major factor in dysmorphism of urinary RBC.
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- Y Ishihara
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan
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Although red cell morphology has been used to localise the site of haematuria in the urinary tract, the cause of red cell deformity is still speculative. We have conducted experiments in vitro using venous red cells which indicate that hypochromia depends mainly upon sodium concentration and occurs when this falls below 75 mmol/l. We simulated the passage of red cells through the renal tubule by sequentially treating them with fluids of composition similar to those in different tubular segments, and produced anisocytosis and hypochromia but not the typical "bizarre deformity"--the hallmark of glomerular haematuria. We conclude that dual injury is required to produce the "typical" dysmorphic red cells in glomerular haematuria. First, mechanical damage caused by passage of red blood cells through the glomerular basement membrane followed by a second, osmotic, injury sustained by red cells during passage through the hypotonic tubular segment.
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- B Rath
- Evelina Children's Department, United Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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Pellet H, Buenerd A, Minaire E, Lacavalerie B, Donne C. Clinical prevalence of glomerular hematuria: a nine-year retrospective study. Diagn Cytopathol 1991; 7:27-31. [PMID: 2026079 DOI: 10.1002/dc.2840070109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The authors evaluated red blood cell (RBC) morphology by phase contrast microscopy and identified casts and lipidic material in 4,448 urine sediments (US). Microhematuria was discovered on systematic examination in 1,186 apparently healthy patients (group I). Another 4,362 patients (group II) with microscopic or gross hematuria were being treated or evaluated for various renal or extrarenal diseases (renal transplantation excepted). Glomerular hematuria (GH) was observed in 93.1% of group I patients and in 58.0% of group II patients. GH and non-GH were observed together in 0.6% of cases. The origin of hematuria remained uncertain in 11.6% of cases. In GH, the other cytological findings were as follows: RBC casts were seen in 5.3% of group I and 20.5% of group II; granular and/or cellular casts were seen in 12.8% of group I and 39.6% of group II; and lipidic material was seen in 0.6% of group I and 8.8% of group II. Both groups showed a higher frequency of RBC casts, granular and/or cellular casts, and lipidic material in patients under 20. This method of investigation of urine, which is simple, rapid, inexpensive, and noninvasive, provides useful information for the clinician and avoids unnecessary investigations.
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- H Pellet
- Department of Histology, Grange-Blanche Faculty, Lyon, France
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Nakada T, Sasagawa I, Koike H, Furuta H, Katayama T, Ota K, Chikenji M, Matsushita T, Saito H. Effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on essential haematuria. Int Urol Nephrol 1989; 21:3-8. [PMID: 2523872 DOI: 10.1007/bf02549895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Forty-three patients with essential haematuria were studied for 35 days to determine the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (OHP) exposure on haemostatic ability. Out of 15 untreated patients, haematuria persisted for the study period in all but one patient (6.7%). Out of 11 patients who received 90 mg/day of carbazochrome sodium sulfate and 750 mg/day of tranexanic acid excellent haemostatic results had been obtained in 2 (18.2%). Results of exposure of 17 patients to 2 atm. pressure of OHP for 90 min daily were excellent in 10 (58.8%) and good in one (5.9%). No serious adverse effects had been noted following OHP treatment. These results indicate that OHP can be applied for the treatment of essential haematuria if routine haemostatic drugs fail to improve the condition.
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- T Nakada
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Fujigaki Y, Nagase M, Kobayashi S, Honda N, Muranaka Y. Alterations of glomerular basement membrane relevant to haematuria. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. A, PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY 1988; 413:159-65. [PMID: 3133875 DOI: 10.1007/bf00749678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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To elucidate the morphological basis of glomerular haematuria, morphometric analysis of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and lamina densa (LD) was performed on silver impregnated samples for electron microscopy. The cases studied consisted of 3 groups: group A, normal controls, being from donors for kidney transplantation; group B, haematuric; and group C, non-haematuric cases with isolated proteinuria. Qualitative analysis revealed that gap formation, splitting, segmental and diffuse thinning of the GBM occur preferentially in haematuric cases. The morphometry of the GBM and LD yielded increased mean values of the GBM and of LD thickness in groups B and C. The coefficient of variation (CV, SD/mean) for the GBM and LD, however, was the highest in group B among the 3 groups, suggesting the most irregular GBM and LD in group B. In addition, CV was significantly higher in cases with splitting, segmental attenuation and gap of the GBM than cases without. The findings suggest that the irregularity of the GBM rather than its mean thickness is clearly associated with splitting and ultimately with haematuria via the gaps produced.
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- Y Fujigaki
- First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University, School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
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The determination of whether urinary red blood cells originate from the kidneys or bladder allows the practitioner to evaluate children with hematuria more efficiently and economically. Recently, examination of the morphology of urinary red blood cells has proven to be a promising adjunct in the evaluation of hematuria. The application of this new office procedure is discussed.
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Bohle A, von Gise H, Mikeler E, Rassweiler J. Morphologic contribution on gross hematuria in mild mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis without crescents. KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 1985; 63:371-8. [PMID: 3158776 DOI: 10.1007/bf01731657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In order to clarify the pathogenesis of gross hematuria in mild forms of mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis without crescents, systematic light microscopic, immunohistologic, electron microscopic, and some scanning electron microscopic investigations were carried out on 17 cases of this disease, in part on serial sections. The investigations produced the following results: In gross hematuria, erythrocytes pass into Bowman's space in the area of basement membrane ruptures. The basement membrane ruptures occur at sites where the basement membrane is infiltrated in its entire width by aggregated immune complexes. This occurs when these immune complexes are detached from the basement membrane by lysosomal digestion. As a working hypothesis, it is furthermore considered possible that in diseases accompanied by increased IgA production, circulating IgA is deposited at a higher rate in the glomerular filtration barrier and it is there degraded by an excessive reaction of local cells before morphologically identifiable immune complexes appear. In this process the basement membrane undergoes local destruction. It is also assumed that in gross hematuria, immune complexes other than IgA or hitherto unknown substances enter the basement membrane during the filtration process and trigger frustrane phagocytosis at the basement membrane by their presence, with consecutive basement membrane destruction. It is pointed out that gross hematuria occurs most often in mild forms of mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis with IgA and C3 deposits in the mesangium and sometimes also in the capillary periphery. It could be shown that in mild forms of mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis, hematuria occurs more often in the male sex.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Acute glomerulonephritis is a syndrome characterized by the abrupt onset of hematuria often accompanied by proteinuria, hypertension, edema, and renal dysfunction. Acute glomerulonephritis can be subdivided into primary glomerular disease, postinfectious glomerulonephritis, and glomerulonephritis associated with systemic disease. With few exceptions, the underlying mechanism of acute glomerulonephritis is an immunologic one. To differentiate clinically the specific etiology of the glomerulonephritis, attention must be focused on the presence of signs or symptoms of systemic disease, changes in the environment of the patient, family history of renal disease, and recent history of infectious disease.
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