Glomerular diseases in the elderly in India

Three hundred fifteen (315) elderly (> or = 60 years) patients with clinical renal diseases were evaluated for the evidence of glomerular diseases between November 1998 to June 2002. Glomerular diseases (GN) were observed in 20.6% (65/315) of the elderly patients. The age of the patients (male 56; female 9) ranged between 60-90 (mean 64.17 +/- 3.83) years. The clinical presentation of GN included: nephrotic syndrome 40 (61.5%), acute nephritic syndrome 19 (29.2%), rapidly progressive GN 4 (6.15%) and asymptomatic urinary abnormality 2 (3.0%). Overall, primary and secondary glomerular disease were seen in 47 (72.3%) and 18 (27.6%) elderly patients respectively. Idiopathic membranous nephropathy was the most common GN responsible for nephrotic syndrome in 11 (27.5%) of elderly patients. Diabetic Nephropathy related to type 2 diabetes mellitus was the second common cause 9 (22.5%) of nephrotic syndrome. Amyloidosis was noted in 6 (15%) patients. Nephrotic syndrome was related to leprosy in one patient. Amyloidosis occurred in association with multiple myeloma in 5 and carcinoma colon in 1 patient. Thus, primary and secondary GN were responsible for nephrotic syndrome in 60% and 40% of cases respectively. Endocapillary proliferative GN of post infectious etiology was the most prevalent (82.6%) form of acute GN in our elderly patients. Hypertension occurred in 78.2% of cases and edema in 69.5%. Pulmonary congestion (52.2%) and ARF (73.9%) were the dominant presenting feature of acute GN and 39% of patients required dialytic support. Glomerular crescents were seen in 4 (17.4%) patients with acute glomerulonephritis. Pauci-immune crescentic GN which is the commonest type of acute GN in the elderly in western countries was not observed in this study. Renal biopsy revealed mesangiocapillary GN (1) and mesangioproliferative GN (1) in two patients with asymptomatic urinary abnormalities. Thus, overall spectrum of glomerular disease in the Indian elderly population is similar to that of developed countries except in two ways: (1) post infectious endocapillary proliferative-GN was the commonest type of acute GN (2) rarity or absence of pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis.     

Spectrum of renal failure in elderly patients

This prospective study was undertaken to study the spectrum of renal failure and the outcome in elderly patients. Patients included in the study group were elderly (age > 60 years) who either attended outpatient renal clinic and or were hospitalized. Renal failure was classified as acute renal failure (ARF), rapidly progressive renal failure (RPRF) and chronic renal failure (CRF). A total of 4255 elderly patients were seen, of these 236 (5.5%) had renal failure. Mean age was 65.1 ± 4.2 years (60–86 years). CRF was the commonest, seen in 137 (58.1%) followed by ARF 69 (29.2%) and RPRF in 30 (12.7%) patients. Diabetic nephropathy was the commonest cause of CRF, seen in 58.4% followed by chronic interstitial nephritis in 9.5% and chronic glomerulonephritis in 8.7% of patients. Of 137 patients 53 (38.7%) presented in end stage renal disease (ESRD). Of these 41 (77.3%) were initiated on maintenance hemodialysis and 12 (22.6%) on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Only 15 patients were on dialytic support at the end of 1 year. Sepsis contributed to ARF in 75.4% of cases. Forty of 69 patients (57.9%) needed dialytic support. Forty (57.9%) were critically ill, defined as presence of two or more organ system failures (excluding renal failure). Forty two patients (60.9%) died patients. Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) was the commonest cause of RPRF seen in 10 (33.3%) patients followed by vasculitis in 7 (23.3%). Myeloma cast nephropathy contributed towards RPRF in 20% of patients. Of 30 patients, 10 (33.3%) reached ESRD at end of 3 months of follow up, 4 (13.3%) died due to sepsis. Only 2 showed complete recovery while 14 (46.6%) had partial improvement. AIN patients had a relatively better outcome.     

Clinical Spectrum of Chronic Renal Failure in the Elderly: a Hospital Based Study from Eastern India

The aim of this study was to describe the clinical spectrum of chronic renal failure (CRF) in the elderly. The diagnosis of CRF was made using standard clinical criteria. The elderly was defined as person with over 60 years of age. In total, 200 elderly patients with CRF were evaluated between July 2002 and February 2004. Their age (male: 146; female: 54) ranged between 60 and 90 (mean 64.31 ± 4.18) years. Diabetic nephropathy was the most common (46%) cause of CRF. Hypertensive nephrosclerosis, chronic interstitial nephritis and obstructive uropathy were responsible for CRF in 18%, 14% and 13% of patients, respectively. We observed chronic glomerulonephritis in 7% of elderly CRF. Urinary tract infection (55.5%), hypovolemia (22.2%), accelerated hypertension (11.1%) and sepsis (11.1%) were responsible for acute exacerbation of renal failure in 36 (18%) patients. Associated co-morbid conditions were noted in 93 (46.5%) patients. They included; coronary artery disease 46 (49.46%), cerebrovascular disease 20 (21.50%), osteoarthritis 13 (13.97%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 6 (6.45%), dilated cardiomyopathy 5 (5.37%), and malignancy in 3 (3.22%) patients. Acute dialytic support was required in 164 (82%) cases and remaining 36 (18%) patients received conservative management. Mortality was noted in 25 (12.5%) cases. The coronary artery disease (48%), acute pulmonary edema (20%) and hyperkalemia (12%) were the main causes of death. Subsequent evaluation revealed that 102 (51%) patients had ESRD of which only 3 (2.94%) patients could afford CAPD. A total of 11 (10.7%) patients underwent chronic maintenance hemodialysis for 3–4 months and then discontinue dialysis mainly because of financial constraints. Remaining 88 (86.27 %) patients with ESRD were discharged from hospital after symptomatic improvement with acute dialysis. Thus, diabetic nephropathy related to type-2 diabetes was the commonest cause of CRF in our elderly patients. Chronic renal failure in elderly was associated with a number of co-morbid conditions, which contributed significantly to morbidity and mortality. Acute on chronic renal failure with severe uremic complications were an important cause of hospitalization. The financial constraint was the major limiting factor for the management of elderly ESRD patients.     

Renal disorders in children: a Nigerian study

A 5-year prospective study of 699 children with various renal disorders from around the Rivers State, which is in the eastern part of Nigeria, was carried out to investigate the prevalence and significance of renal disorders in a third world country with no facilities for paediatric dialysis and transplantation. Renal disorders accounted for 1.1% of the total outpatients and hospital admissions. The commonest renal disorders were urinary tract infection (UTI, 68.9%); nephrotic syndrome (NS 14.6%) and acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis (11.4%). Patients with UTI had no vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR); 22.5% of NS patients were steroid sensitive. Wilms' tumour (1.6%) was the second commonest childhood malignant tumour; 8 of 17 cases of obstructive uropathy were secondary to meatal stenosis following circumcision. Fifteen children developed end-stage renal failure (ESRF), mainly due to chronic glomerulonephritis, giving a prevalence rate of 7.5 children per year per million childhood population. Hence, renal disorders are common in Nigeria and although VUR is rare, ESRF may approximate figures seen in the western world. This highlights the need to improve the country's socioeconomic conditions, make medical facilities more available to children and prevent renal diseases that may lead to ESRF.     

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome of the adult with asymptomatic thrombosis of the renal vein

Twenty-six adult patients with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, ages ranging from 16 to 62 years, were prospectively evaluated with selective renal venogram for the presence of renal vein thrombosis (RVT). Ten patients had membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN); 5, membranous nephropathy (MGN); 3, diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DGPG), and 1 focal glomerulonephritis (FPG). Renal vein thrombosis was observed in 11 patients. The primary nephropathies in these patients were: MPGN in 4, MGN in 3, FGS in 2, FPG in 1, and DGPG in 1. All patients were asymptomatic. The clinical and renal pathology features were similar in patients with and without RVT. Other thromboembolic complications were observed in 4 patients. In conclusion, renal vein thrombosis was observed in 42% of our patients and MPGN was the most frequent nephropathy associated with RVT.     

Renal biopsy in elderly patients: clinicopathological correlation in 117 Korean patients

AIM: In the elderly with renal disease, the clinical presentations are frequently inconsistent with the pathologic findings. We tried to clarify the differences in pathological findings between the young and the elderly, in Korea and in Western countries, and the usefulness of a percutaneous renal biopsy in the elderly with renal disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed the clinical presentations and spectrums of renal histopathology by reviewing medical records and renal biopsy reports retrospectively in 117 Korean patients aged 60 years or more with renal disease. RESULTS: 85 patients had primary renal disease. The remaining 32 patients had renal diseases associated with systemic conditions. Out of the 85 patients with primary renal disease, 61 cases presented as idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Compared with renal biopsy results of younger adult patients (age 15-59, n = 1,908), membranous nephropathy, crescentic glomerulonephritis, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, amyloidosis, light chain disease, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura were more prevalent, but IgA nephropathy and lupus nephritis were less common in the elderly patients. In clinical presentation, nephrotic syndrome and rapidly progressive renal failure were more prevalent, but asymptomatic urinary abnormality was less common in elderly patients. The responsiveness to treatment was good in elderly patients with minimal-change lesion (complete remission in all patients) but poor in crescentic glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. From the above findings, the clinical presentation, patterns of histopathology and responsiveness to treatment of elderly Korean patients were similar to those of the younger Korean control group and the Western elderly group. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous renal biopsy is a useful diagnostic aid and can be used as a therapeutic guideline even in elderly patients with renal disease.     

Spectrum of glomerulonephritides in adults with nephrotic syndrome in Pakistan

Background  There is currently little information in literature about the pattern of glomerulonephritides (GN) in adults with nephrotic syndrome in this part of the world, particularly that involving the use of immunofluorescence (IMF) and electron microscopy (EM). A few studies reported are based on light microscopic study alone and hence do not reflect the true pattern of GN underlying nephrotic syndrome. We carried out this study in the Department of Histopathology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan to determine, for the first time, the true pattern of GN in adult nephrotic patients from Pakistan. SIUT is a tertiary care center for renal and urologic disease in Pakistan. The Histopathology Laboratory of SIUT is equipped with all the modalities, including EM, required for precise diagnosis of glomerular disease. Methods  This is a retrospective clinicopathologic study involving retrieval of clinical and pathological data from a review of original renal biopsy reports of adult patients with nephrotic syndrome who presented at the adult nephrology clinic of SIUT from July 1996 till July 2006. Two cores of renal tissue were routinely obtained. One core was fixed in 10% buffered formalin and processed for light microscopy; the other core was divided into two halves, for EM and the IMF study. Results  A total of 316 adult patients were included. Of these, 201 (63.6%) were male and 115 (36.4%) were female. Mean age was 28.4 ± 10.51 years with a range of 16–78 years. The spectrum of pathological lesions in the adult nephrotic population was wide and comprised focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) (39.87%), followed by membranous GN (MGN) (26.58%), minimal change disease (MCD) (14.82%), mesangiocapillary GN (4.3%), mesangioproliferative GN (4.11%), post-infectious GN (2.84%), IgA nephropathy (2.53%), and other rare lesions. Conclusions  Results from this study indicate that FSGS is the single most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adult nephrotic patients, followed by MGN, and MCD. Our data are similar to those reported in recent series from the US. The study defines the pattern of glomerular disease in adult nephrotic patients for the first time in this region, because it is based on light microscopy, serology, IMF, and EM findings. Disclosure: No financial interest of any of the authors is involved. The authors declare that the results of this paper have not been published previously in whole or in part, except in abstract form.     

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis is still the most frequent glomerulonephritis in Lithuania

BACKGROUND: In Lithuania renal biopsies (RB) have become routine since 1995. Our study attempted to analyze RB for 5 years in Lithuania. METHODS: We analyzed data of adult patients who underwent native kidney biopsies in 6 renal units in the period between 1995 - 1999. It accounted for 62.5% of all kidney biopsies, done throughout Lithuania. All biopsy specimens were examined by the same pathologist using light- and immunofluorescence microscopy. RESULTS: A total of 316 renal biopsies was analyzed; males : females 1.8 : 1. The mean age was 41.4 +/- 16.7 years. The most common indications for biopsy was nephrotic syndrome (29.1%) and urinary abnormalities (27.8%). After exclusion of inadequate biopsies in the remaining 280 RB, primary glomerulonephritis (GN) accounted for 68.7% and secondary GN for 19.5%. The most frequent forms of primary GN were membranoproliferative GN and immunoglobulin A nephropathy (17.9% and 15.4%, respectively), followed by membranous nephropathy (7.1%) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (6.8%). CONCLUSIONS: The main indication for renal biopsy in Lithuania was nephrotic syndrome, which was followed by isolated urinary abnormalities. The leading type of kidney damage was primary glomerulonephritis, which was 2.4 times more frequent in males than in females. The most frequent form of primary glomerulonephritis was membranoproliferative GN, with dominance in males. Immunoglobulin A nephropathy was the second form of primary GN according to the frequency.     

Age, blood pressure and smoking effects on chronic renal failure in primary glomerular nephropathies

BACKGROUND: Smoking is a known risk factor for renal damage in diabetic patients, but its relationship to other renal diseases is less clear. To assess its effect in primary glomerular nephropathy (GN), we used data from a case control study designed to assess several environmental risk factors. METHODS: This study included 295 biopsy-proven GN cases, 80 membranous nephropathy, 116 IgA nephropathy, and 99 nephrotic syndrome with either minimal change nephropathy or focal segmental hyalinosis, and 242 matched hospital controls, with diseases unrelated to smoking. Subjects were interviewed about their smoking history. Chronic renal failure (CRF), defined by serum creatinine> 150 micromol/L, was present in 74 cases (57 men and 17 women). Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) adjusted for age and social class. RESULTS: In men, the percentage of ever-smokers did not differ between GN cases (60%) and controls [65%, OR = 0.9 (95% Confidence Interval 0.6-1.4)], but was significantly higher among cases with CRF (75%) than those without [55%, OR = 2.4 (1.2-4.5)]. Dose-effect relationships were observed with both the daily and cumulative dose; this relationship was stronger in the comparison of cases with CRF and those without CRF than in the comparison of cases with CRF with controls: OR = 1.9 versus 1.3 (20 cigarettes/day); OR = 1.9 versus 1.4 (15 pack years). Interactions between age, hypertension, and smoking were observed in the risk of CRF: smoking was significantly related to CRF among cases who were older than 40 years and/or hypertensive, but not among those cases younger than 40 or normotensive. The results did not significantly differ among the three histologic types. No relationship was shown between smoking and CRF in women. CONCLUSION: This study provides additional support for the hypothesis that smoking is related to GN severity, particularly in the at-risk groups of men older than 40 and/or hypertensive patients. These findings should be corroborated by further observations in other populations.     

New aspects of posttransplant nephrotic syndrome: clinicopathologic correlations with outcomes

Although posttransplant nephrotic syndrome is frequent, its structural basis and prognosis have not been clearly defined. The biopsy findings of 54 patients with this disorder posttransplant, among 375 total renal transplant recipients engrafted during a 10-year period, were correlated with clinical follow-up data. The mean patient age was 41.7 +/- 12.3 years, female/male ratio 22/32, and cadaveric/living-related donor ratio 37/17. The nephrotic syndrome developed 3 to 91 months posttransplant. At the onset the mean values of serum creatinine was 2.9 +/- 1.8 mg/dL and proteinuria 4.5 +/- 0.8 g/d. The index biopsy findings showed chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) in 33; de novo glomerulonephritis (GN) in 6, recurrent GN in 9, and undetermined GN in 6 who had an unknown primary renal disease. Among 21 follow-up biopsies during a mean of 44.3 +/- 28 months the CAN progressed but the GN remained the same. The treatment included augmented steroids alone (n = 1) or in combination with cyclophosphamide (n = 2) and with plasmapheresis (n = 1); angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) along (n = 5); calcium channel blockers (CCB) alone (n = 24); or the two types of drugs together (n = 22). Complete or partial remission was achieved in 8 and 5, respectively, but nephrotic syndrome recurred in 3 of these patients at 45.1 +/- 18 months later. Sustained remission was more likely in cases of GN (minimal change disease and IgA nephropathy) and ACEI-ARB treatment (P <.01). Graft failure, which occurred in 35 patients, correlated strongly with serum creatinine at onset, being significantly greater in patients with CAN (P <.005). Both remission of the nephrotic syndrome and graft survival were greater among patients with GN as compared to those with CAN.     

Renal biopsy in elderly patients: a clinicopathological analysis

As the numbers of aging patients with manifestations of renal disease increase, the elderly must frequently undergo renal biopsies. This study examined the characteristics of clinicopathological correlations in elderly patients. Medical and clinical records from renal biopsies registered in two hospitals between January 2000 and December 2004 were reviewed. Among 406 patients (female: male 224/182; age 43.9 +/- 18.8 years, mean +/- SD) who underwent renal biopsies, 61 (15.1%) who were aged 65 years and older (female: male, 29/32; age 72.8 +/- 5.2 years) were selected. The elderly usually underwent percutaneous renal biopsies for renal diseases such as nephrotic syndrome (43%) and acute or rapidly progressive renal failure (A/RPRF, 39%). Focal/segmental glomerulosclerosis (23%), minimal change disease (19%), and membranous nephropathy (15%) are frequently diagnosed based on biopsy specimens from patients with nephrotic syndrome. Among patients presenting with A/RPRF, 17 (71%) and 4 (17%) had pauci-immune, MPO-ANCA positive, crescentic glomerulonephritis and interstitial nephritis, respectively, and benefited from therapeutic intervention. Histopathological and pre-biopsy clinical diagnoses differed in nine (15%) patients. The complication rate after biopsy was low (3%). Primary glomerular diseases presenting with nephrotic syndrome and primary crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with rapidly progressive renal failure were the most frequently diagnosed among the elderly who underwent renal biopsy. Percutaneous renal biopsy provides clinically useful information about the elderly because clinical presentation and the predicted diagnosis sometimes vary.     

Specific controversies concerning the natural history of renal disease in pregnancy

Whether or not pregnancy adversely affects the natural course of underlying primary renal disease, and whether fetal outcome is influenced by the type of renal disease per se are controversial issues. We retrospectively analyzed the fetal and maternal outcome in 148 women with various, biopsy-proven histological types of primary chronic glomerulonephritis (GN), including IgA GN (52 patients), membranous GN ([MGN] 20 patients), membranoproliferative type 1 GN ([MPGN] 58 patients), focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis ([FSGS] 13 patients), and minimal change nephrotic syndrome ([MCNS] 22 patients), who were pregnant (with a total of 290 pregnancies) after the clinical onset of GN, and in 104 women with reflux nephropathy (with a total of 254 pregnancies). Fetal outcome was poor in the presence of uncontrolled hypertension, nephrotic range proteinuria, and/or impaired renal function at conception or early in gestation, whatever the type of renal disease. An accelerated, more rapid than expected, worsening of maternal renal function was observed in five GN patients of whom four (two IgA, two MPGN) had serum creatinine (Scr) levels greater than 160 mumol/L (1.8 mg/dL) early in gestation, and in five patients with reflux nephropathy whose Scr at conception ranged from 180 to 490 mumol/L (2.0 to 5.5 mg/dL).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

2型糖尿病合并非糖尿病肾病的临床及病理分析

目的：回顾性分析2型糖尿病合并非糖尿病肾病的临床表现及病理特征。方法：回顾性分析2004年1月～2009年12月临床疑为合并非糖尿病肾病的110例2型糖尿病患者的肾活检资料。根据肾活检结果分为单纯糖尿病肾病（DN）组和糖尿病肾病合并非糖尿病肾病（NDRD）组,并对临床和病理资料进行分析。结果：110例2型糖尿病肾病患者中,50例（45.5%）合并非糖尿病肾病。糖尿病肾病合并非糖尿病肾病组蛋白尿、血尿发生率高于单纯糖尿病肾病组,但糖尿病视网膜病变发生率低于单纯糖尿病肾病组。两组年龄、糖尿病病程、高血压、血肌酐和肾小球滤过率差异无统计学意义。所有合并的非糖尿病肾病中,IgA肾病的比率最高为34%,其他依次为膜性肾病22.0%,系膜增殖性肾小球肾炎14%,HBV相关性肾小球肾炎8.0%,微小病变型肾小球肾炎10%,高血压肾小球硬化4.0%,FSGS4.0%,新月体肾小球肾炎2.0%,狼疮性肾炎2.0%。结论：2型糖尿病肾病合并非糖尿病肾病发生率45.5%,IgA肾病最常见。血尿、蛋白尿同时缺乏糖尿病视网膜病变强烈提示合并非糖尿病肾病。对于临床表现不典型的患者,肾活检是一项排除糖尿病肾脏病变的重要手段。     

Lupus-like nephritis in an HIV-positive patient: report of a case and review of the literature

The most common manifestation of HIV/AIDS in the kidney is the collapsing variant of focal segmental glomerular sclerosis, HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN). Other forms of renal disease in HIV-infected patients include mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (GN), membranoproliferative GN, IgA nephropathy, minimal change disease and proliferative immune-complex GN. We present the case of a 42-year-old Caucasian male with HIV infection, treatment associated peripheral neuropathy, nephrotic syndrome and progressive renal failure. The initial and subsequent kidney biopsies showed diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis resembling diffuse proliferative (WHO class IV) lupus nephritis. There was no clinical or serological evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Proteinuria improved with ACE-inhibitors, and renal function remained relatively stable while receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). A precipitous decline in renal function to end-stage renal disease followed a brief period of withdrawal from potent antiretroviral therapy during which the viral load rebounded. Considering previously reported cases, it appears that lupus-like nephritis is a rare but well-defined pattern of immune-complex-induced renal injury seen in HIV-infected patients. It appears to be markedly responsive to HAART.     

老年肾病综合征临床和病理分析

目的 :了解老年肾病综合征的临床表现和病理特点。方法 :对我院住院的 34例老年肾病综合征病人进行临床表现和病理类型分析。结果 :34例老年性肾病综合征 ,原发病为原发性肾小球肾炎者 2 3例 ,占 6 7.6 %,糖尿病肾病 6例 ,占 17.6 %。临床表现以浮肿、血尿为主 ,贫血的发生率为 35 .3%,慢性肾衰竭为 17.6 %。肾活检发现 ,原发性肾病综合征中膜性肾病最常见。老年肾病综合征病人用激素或激素加免疫抑制剂治疗的缓解率为 5 2 .9%,有效率为 2 6 .5 %,未缓解率为 2 0 .6 %。合并感染者占 14.7%。结论 :在肾病综合征中老年人所占比例并不高 ,其临床表现与年轻人的肾病综合征相似 ,但合并贫血、慢性肾衰竭 (CRF)和感染的比例较高 ,最常见的病因是慢性肾小球肾炎 ,其病理类型以膜性肾病 (MN)最常见。老年肾病综合征患者对激素或激素加免疫抑制剂治疗的反应尚可。     

Pattern of glomerular diseases among adults in Rajshahi, the Northern Region of Bangladesh

To obtain a recent and comprehensive insight into the pattern of glomerular diseases in the Bangladeshi population, we studied 95 adequate renal biopsies done during July 2008 to June 2009, by light and direct immunofluorescence microscopy in the Department of Pathology, Rajshahi Medical College, Northern Region of Bangladesh. Of these, 38 (40%) were males and 57 (60%) were females, with a male to female ratio of 1:1.5. The most frequent clinical presentation was nephrotic syndrome (67.37%). Primary glomerular disease accounted for 91.25% of all glomerular disease and, of them, focal and segmental mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis was the most common histological lesion in 29.47%. Diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (GN) was the second most common lesion (15.79%), followed by focal segmental GN (11.58%), minimal change disease (10.53%), membranous GN (7.37%), IgA nephropathy (6.85%), chronic sclerosing GN (2.11%) and crescentic GN (2.11%). Lupus nephritis was the most prevalent among secondary GN.     

Renal Biopsy in Elderly Patients: A Clinicopathological Analysis

As the numbers of aging patients with manifestations of renal disease increase, the elderly must frequently undergo renal biopsies. This study examined the characteristics of clinicopathological correlations in elderly patients. Medical and clinical records from renal biopsies registered in two hospitals between January 2000 and December 2004 were reviewed. Among 406 patients (female: male 224/182; age 43.9 ± 18.8 years, mean ± SD) who underwent renal biopsies, 61 (15.1%) who were aged 65 years and older (female: male, 29/32; age 72.8 ± 5.2 years) were selected. The elderly usually underwent percutaneous renal biopsies for renal diseases such as nephrotic syndrome (43%) and acute or rapidly progressive renal failure (A/RPRF, 39%). Focal/segmental glomerulosclerosis (23%), minimal change disease (19%), and membranous nephropathy (15%) are frequently diagnosed based on biopsy specimens from patients with nephrotic syndrome. Among patients presenting with A/RPRF, 17 (71%) and 4 (17%) had pauci-immune, MPO-ANCA positive, crescentic glomerulonephritis and interstitial nephritis, respectively, and benefited from therapeutic intervention. Histopathological and pre-biopsy clinical diagnoses differed in nine (15%) patients. The complication rate after biopsy was low (3%). Primary glomerular diseases presenting with nephrotic syndrome and primary crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with rapidly progressive renal failure were the most frequently diagnosed among the elderly who underwent renal biopsy. Percutaneous renal biopsy provides clinically useful information about the elderly because clinical presentation and the predicted diagnosis sometimes vary.     

广西老年肾活检患者临床与病理分析

目的分析广西老年肾活检患者常见的临床和病理类型。 方法本研究纳入了2012年8月至2015年8月在广西医科大学第一附属医院进行肾活检的373例老年患者(年龄≥60岁),收集患者的性别、年龄、民族、临床诊断、肾脏病理诊断等资料,应用SPSS13.0软件回顾性分析了老年肾活检患者的疾病谱分布特点,采用频数和百分比对分类变量进行统计描述。 结果老年肾活检患者最常见的临床综合征是肾病综合征(NS,50.1%),其次是急性肾损伤(AKI,28.7%)和慢性肾炎综合征(15.5%)。在老年肾活检患者中,原发性肾小球疾病占67.8%,继发性肾小球疾病占26.8%。在原发性肾小球疾病中,最常见的病理类型是特发性膜性肾病(IMN,71.9%),其次是微小病变(MCD,9.9%)和局灶节段肾小球硬化症(FSGS,7.9%)。在继发性肾小球疾病中,最常见的是抗中性粒细胞浆抗体(ANCA)相关性血管炎(AAV,31.0%),其次是狼疮肾炎(20.0%)和糖尿病肾病(12%)。老年人NS最常见的病理类型是IMN(75.4%),其次是MCD和FSGS,各占5.3%。老年AKI患者肾活检最常见的病理类型是IMN(26.2%),其次为AAV(24.3%) 。 结论NS是广西老年肾活检患者最常见的临床综合征,IMN是老年人NS和原发性肾小球疾病最常见的病理类型;AAV是继发性肾小球疾病最常见的原因。IMN和AAV分别为老年AKI患者肾活检常见的原发性与继发性病理类型,即该人群发生AKI的主要原因为IMN及AAV。     

The epidemiology and prognosis of glomerulonephritis in Denmark 1985-1997.

BACKGROUND: The existence of a national renal biopsy register and a national terminal uraemia status register in Denmark provides an opportunity to study the prognosis of glomerulonephritis (GN), and factors influencing prognosis. METHODS: Multivariate analysis of 2380 renal biopsies with GN performed between 1985 and 1997 was done to determine the influence of clinical and histological factors on prognosis. RESULTS: The incidence of GN (39/mo/year) and individual diagnoses did not change during the period. After 10 years, 32%, were dead, 13% terminally uraemic, 5%, uraemic and 50% well. Older age increased mortality, but not the incidence of renal failure after the first year. Male sex increased both mortality and incidence of renal failure (34 vs 24% at 10 years, P < 0.001). The diagnoses could be divided into three prognostic groups compared with the general population: a good prognostic group (minimal change GN and membranous GN ), with a relative mortality of three and a combined renal and patient mortality of four; a poor prognostic group [crescentic GN, HUS/TTP, chronic GN] with relative mortalities of 8-19 and 13-33, respectively; and the remainder with mortalities of 4-7 and 6-12. The presence of multiple glomerular pathology, chronic GN, nephrosclerosis and chronic interstitial nephropathy worsened the prognosis, while the presence of immune deposits only worsened the prognosis of focal segmental glomerulopathy. Mortality was related to uraemia and co-morbidity at biopsy, and to the incidence of renal failure. Renal failure was correlated to uraemia and hypertension at biopsy but not to nephrotic syndrome or atherosclerosis. All vascular complications were increased and were positively related to hypertension and negatively correlated to the incidence of uraemia. Crescentric glomerulonephritis combined with anti-GBM disease had a worse prognosis than Wegener's granulomatosis, with microscopic polyangiitis and pauci-immune disease occupying an intermediate position. The prognosis of mesangioproliferative GN was unaffected by the presence of IgA nephropathy and systemic lupus erythematosus.