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Glomerular capillary collapse

MedGen UID:
1785835
•Concept ID:
C5539468
•
Finding
Synonym: Collapse of glomerular capillary walls
 
HPO: HP:0033269

Definition

Collapse is generally accompanied by other descriptors such as hypertrophy and hyperplasia of overlying glomerular epithelial cells, halo, protein droplets in podocytes and glomerular parietal epithelial cells (PECs). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVGlomerular capillary collapse

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Collapsing glomerulopathy: clinical characteristics and follow-up.
Grcevska L, Polenakovik M
Am J Kidney Dis 1999 Apr;33(4):652-7. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(99)70215-5. PMID: 10196005
Collapsing glomerulopathy: a clinically and pathologically distinct variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
Detwiler RK, Falk RJ, Hogan SL, Jennette JC
Kidney Int 1994 May;45(5):1416-24. doi: 10.1038/ki.1994.185. PMID: 8072254
Fibrillary renal deposits and nephritis.
Duffy JL, Khurana E, Susin M, Gomez-Leon G, Churg J
Am J Pathol 1983 Dec;113(3):279-90. PMID: 6359891Free PMC Article

Therapy

Collapsing glomerulopathy in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease.
Rifkin SI, Gutta H, Nair R, McFarren C, Wheeler DE
Clin Nephrol 2011 Feb;75 Suppl 1:32-6. doi: 10.5414/cn106425. PMID: 21269591
Secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis following kidney transplantation in a patient with type I diabetes mellitus.
Yamamoto I, Yamamoto H, Mitome J, Tanno Y, Utsunomiya Y, Miyazaki Y, Yamaguchi Y, Hosoya T
Clin Transplant 2006;20 Suppl 15:7-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00542.x. PMID: 16848868

Prognosis

Collapsing glomerulopathy: clinical characteristics and follow-up.
Grcevska L, Polenakovik M
Am J Kidney Dis 1999 Apr;33(4):652-7. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(99)70215-5. PMID: 10196005

Clinical prediction guides

Secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis following kidney transplantation in a patient with type I diabetes mellitus.
Yamamoto I, Yamamoto H, Mitome J, Tanno Y, Utsunomiya Y, Miyazaki Y, Yamaguchi Y, Hosoya T
Clin Transplant 2006;20 Suppl 15:7-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00542.x. PMID: 16848868
Decompensated benign nephrosclerosis and secondary malignant nephrosclerosis.
Ratschek M, Ratschek E, Bohle A
Clin Nephrol 1986 May;25(5):221-6. PMID: 3720032

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