nephrosclerosis/edema

62 tissue specimens with the only diagnosis benign nephrosclerosis (or benign nephrosclerosis with transition to secondary malignant nephrosclerosis) were investigated attempting to correlate morphological findings (relative interstitial volume of the renal cortex, types of hyalinisation and kinds

In addition to local causes--for example, leak of dialysate into an inguinal hernia sac or into the anterior abdominal wall through the track of the catheter for continuous peritoneal dialysis (CPD)--scrotal edema in CPD patients may result from generalized volume retention. We present 2 CPD

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is associated with various clinicopathological conditions, including hypertension. We report here a case of secondary FSGS associated with malignant hypertension. A 33-year-old man with a 1-month history of visual impairment and headache visited the

1. We have not observed gross increases in plasma volume in glomerulonephritis, nephrosis, or nephrosclerosis, even when the concentration of plasma proteins was much below normal. Our results indicate the probability that "hydremic plethora" does not occur. 2. The low protein concentration

BACKGROUND Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is a well-known cause of renal injury. This disease is caused by a prior infection with specific nephritogenic strains of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus resulting in formation of immune complexes in the glomeruli. Clinical presentation

A 65-year-old man had been followed by a family doctor for the treatment of hypertension and chronic hepatitis (type C) for about 20 years. Although he was pointed out to have impaired glucose tolerance and primary aldosteronism in 1995, he refused an adrenal tumor operation. He was admitted to our

A 99-year-old woman was admitted to Shizuoka Shimizu Municipal Hospital because of fever and anasarca. Imaging and laboratory tests showed pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and cardiac failure. The patient died 20 days after admission. An autopsy revealed marked diffuse dilations of the biliary

Reduplicated basal lamina of the peritubular capillaries (PTC) is usually found in kidney allografts in association with chronic transplant nephropathy and sometimes in native renal biopsies. In order to assess the incidence of this phenomenon in native renal biopsy specimens, we have carried out a

During the course of a long-term, prospective, randomized study in 77 hypertensive nephrosclerosis patients, five patients developed evidence suggestive of renal artery stenosis. However, arteriography demonstrated patent renal arteries. The evidence suggestive of renal artery stenosis was: (1)

An 80-year-old woman was referred to the Division of Nephrology at Ehime University Hospital because of leg edema in December 2010. She had been treated with 300 mg of tocopherol for scleroderma since 2007 and treated with 9 mg of prednisolone (PSL) for autoimmune hearing loss since 2010. Due to the

Ischemic renal disease (IRD) is defined as a significant reduction in glomerular filtration rate and/or loss of renal parenchyma caused by hemodynamically significant renal artery stenosis. IRD is a common and often overlooked clinical entity that presents in the setting of extrarenal