Thyroid antigen-mediated glomerulonephritis in Graves' disease

Clin Nephrol. 1989 Jan;31(1):49-52.

Abstract

We describe a patient with Graves' disease in whom marked proteinuria, microhematuria and hypoalbuminemia were associated. Renal biopsy demonstrated electrondense deposits in the capillary basement membrane, a finding consistent with immune complex glomerulonephritis. Indirect immunofluorescent examination with rabbit antihuman thyroglobulin indicated that these electron-dense deposits were thyroid antigen-mediated immune complexes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigen-Antibody Complex / immunology*
  • Autoantigens / immunology*
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / immunology*
  • Graves Disease / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immune Complex Diseases / immunology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thyroglobulin / immunology*
  • Thyroid Gland / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigen-Antibody Complex
  • Autoantigens
  • Thyroglobulin