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==EM==
==EM==
*Subepithelial deposits - hump-like.
*Subepithelial deposits - hump-like.<ref name=pmid18162726>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sung | first1 = HY. | last2 = Lim | first2 = CH. | last3 = Shin | first3 = MJ. | last4 = Kim | first4 = BS. | last5 = Kim | first5 = YO. | last6 = Song | first6 = HC. | last7 = Kim | first7 = SY. | last8 = Choi | first8 = EJ. | last9 = Chang | first9 = YS. | title = A case of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. | journal = J Korean Med Sci | volume = 22 | issue = 6 | pages = 1074-8 | month = Dec | year = 2007 | doi =  | PMID = 18162726 }}</ref>
**Larger when measured perpendicular to the basement membrane, if compared to [[membranous nephropathy]].
**Larger when measured perpendicular to the basement membrane, if compared to [[membranous nephropathy]].
**Typically focal.
**Typically focal.

Revision as of 06:17, 11 April 2015

Post-infectious glomerulonephritis, abbreviated PIGN, is a rarely biopsied glomerulonephritis classically associated with a streptococcal infection.

General

  • Classically post-streptococcal infection.[1][2]
    • Lab test: Antistreptolysin O titer (ASOT) +ve.

Clinical:

Microscopic

Features:

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IF

  • Granular immune deposits.

EM

  • Subepithelial deposits - hump-like.[3]
    • Larger when measured perpendicular to the basement membrane, if compared to membranous nephropathy.
    • Typically focal.

See also

References

  1. Barbiano Di Belgiojoso, G.; Genderini, A.; Ferrario, F.. "[Post-infectious glomerulonephritis].". G Ital Nefrol 20 (2): 184-99. PMID 12746805.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stratta, P.; Musetti, C.; Barreca, A.; Mazzucco, G. (Jun 2014). "New trends of an old disease: the acute post infectious glomerulonephritis at the beginning of the new millenium.". J Nephrol 27 (3): 229-39. doi:10.1007/s40620-013-0018-z. PMID 24777751.
  3. Sung, HY.; Lim, CH.; Shin, MJ.; Kim, BS.; Kim, YO.; Song, HC.; Kim, SY.; Choi, EJ. et al. (Dec 2007). "A case of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.". J Korean Med Sci 22 (6): 1074-8. PMID 18162726.