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==Post-infectious glomerulonephritis==
==Post-infectious glomerulonephritis==
*Abbreviated ''PIGN''.
*Abbreviated ''PIGN''.
===General===
{{Main|Post-infectious glomerulonephritis}}
*Classically post-streptococcal infection.
**Lab test: Antistreptolysin O titer (ASOT) +ve.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*+/-Neutrophils - in glomerulus.
*[[Glomerular crescents]].
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Post-infectious_glomerulonephritis_-_high_mag.jpg | Post-infectious GN - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Post-infectious_glomerulonephritis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Post-infectious GN - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Acute_Glomerulonephritis_Pathology_Diagram.svg | Post-infectious GN - schematic (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case671.html Post-infectious glomerulonephritis - several images (upmc.edu)].
 
===IF===
*Granular immune deposits.
 
===EM===
*Subepithelial deposits - hump-like.
**Larger when measured perpendicular to the basement membrane, if compared to [[membranous nephropathy]].
**Typically focal.


=Rare diseases=
=Rare diseases=
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