HISTOLOGICAL PATTEREN OF NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
Abstract
Background: Renal biopsy is a safe and informative technique that has played a key role in theevolution of nephrology as a specialty. This cross-sectional descriptive study was aimed to study
the histological pattern of nephrotic syndrome in elderly patients. Methods: This study was conducted
from January 1998 to December 2005 (8 Years) in the Department of Nephrology, Govt. Lady Reading
Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan. We performed renal biopsy in 153 patients aged 60 years and above,
admitted with nephrotic syndrome-proteinuria with protein >3 gm/24 hours with or without oedema,
hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, acute nephritic syndrome-red blood cell casts or dysmorphic red cells
on urine microscopy, temporally associated with acute renal failure with or without new onset
hypertension, acute renal failure-sudden decline in renal functions developing in days to weeks causing
retention of nitrogenous wastes and rapidly progressive renal failure-sub acute decline in renal functions
developing over weeks to months. Results: Significant differences in the histological pattern are noticed
when compared with the studies of the other centres. Minimal Change Disease (MCD) was the
commonest histological pattern (40%), followed by Membranous Nephropathy (21%), Crescentic
Nephritis (19.6%), Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) (6.5%), Hypertensive Nephropathy
(5.8%), Messangiocapillary Glomerulonephritis (MCGN) (3.9%) and Diffuse Proliferative
Glomerulonephritis (DPGN) (3.2%).
Keywords: Renal Biopsy, Glomerulonephritis, Minimal Change Disease, Membranous
Nephropathy, Crescentic Nephritis, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Hypertensive
Nephropathy, Messangiocapillary Glomerulonephritis, Diffuse Proliferative Glomerulonephritis
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