Glomerular Annular-Tubular Immune Deposits in Adult Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

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An 82-year-old female developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) after a prodromal illness of bloody diarrhea. No specific enteric pathogen was isolated. A renal biopsy performed 5 days after the onset of azotemia revealed typical thrombotic microangiopathy. By electron microscopy, massive annular-tubular deposits admixed with fibrillar fibrin were demonstrated in glomerular capillaries. Immunofluorescent staining of the intracapillary material was positive for IgG, IgM, C<sub>3</sub>, C<sub>1</sub>q and fibrin-related antigens. No evidence of plasma cell dyscrasia, cryoglobulinemia or systemic lupus erythematosus was found, and the patient recovered renal function uneventfully in 2 months. Organized immune deposits appear to have played a role in the pathogenesis of HUS in this patient.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEF

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nephron

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1660-8151

Title: Nephron

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1660-8151

ISSN (Electronic): 2235-3186

Publication date Subscription-year: 1988

Publication date (Print): 1988

Publication date (Electronic): 09 December 2008

Volume: 50

Issue: 4

Pages: 371-375

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Department of Nephrology, The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, N.Y.; Department of Pathology, The Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N.Y., and Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY., USA

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Publisher ID: 185206 Other ID: Nephron 1988;50:371–375

DOI: 10.1159/000185206

SO-VID: 89c7680f-337f-43d6-b16e-26679845b839

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Date accepted : 29 January 1988

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Pages: 5

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