Typical MPGN with few urinary abnormalities

Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 May;43(5):918-22. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2003.12.053.

Abstract

We describe the concurrent appearance of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) in renal biopsy samples and normal urinary sediment without hematuria, proteinuria, or renal dysfunction in 1 child and asymptomatic microscopic hematuria without significant proteinuria or renal dysfunction in 2 children who were subsequently followed up for many years. The only other abnormality detected was hypocomplementemia. This is the first report of biopsy-proven typical MPGN in patients with few urinary abnormalities. A renal biopsy should be considered in children with hypocomplementemia, regardless of urinalysis findings, to exclude MPGN.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / diagnosis*
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / pathology
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / physiopathology
  • Hematuria / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Proteinuria / etiology