Histologic subclassification of IgA nephropathy: A clinicopathologic study of 244 cases
Histologic subclassification of IgA nephropathy: A clinicopathologic study of 244 cases
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DOI:
10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90456-x
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发表时间:
1997-06-01
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13.2
通讯作者:
Haas, M
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Haas, M
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) may present with a wide variety of histologic patterns on renal biopsy, ranging from a minimal lesion to a diffuse proliferative glomerutonephritis (GN). The histologic features of 244 cases of IgAN (not including Schonlein-Henoch nephritis) diagnosed between 1980 and 1994 were reviewed, and each case was subclassified using the following, relatively simple histologic classification schema: subclass I (39 cases): minimal or no mesangial hypercellularity, without glomerular sclerosis; subclass II (18 cases): focal and segmental glomerular sclerosis without active cellular proliferation; subclass III (110 cases): focal proliferative GN; subclass IV (42 cases): diffuse proliferative GN; and subclass V (35 cases): any biopsy showing greater than or equal to 40% globally sclerotic glomeruli and/or greater than or equal to 40% estimated cortical tubular atrophy or loss. Subsequent analysis of renal survival in 109 patients who underwent biopsy before or during 1992 for whom such data were available showed a strong, statistically significant correlation between histologic subclass and renal survival, with an order I, II (greatest survival) > III > IV, V, Crescents were a significant negative prognostic indicator for renal survival in subclass III (but not in subclass IV), and interstitial expansion was a negative prognostic indicator in subclasses III and IV, although the statistical significance of these were not maintained after controlling for serum creatinine at the time of biopsy, The presence of peripheral glomerular capillary deposits ultrastructurally had no prognostic significance, With respect to clinical presentation, hypertension (systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 130 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 90 mm Hg) and proteinuria of greater than or equal to 2.0 g/24 hr were significant negative prognostic indicators for renal survival, even when controlling for serum creatinine at the time of renal biopsy. The presence of gross hematuria correlated significantly with increased renal survival by univariate analysis, but not when controlling for serum creatinine at the time of renal biopsy, The findings of this study confirm the wide variety of clinical and histopathologic presentations of IgAN, and indicate the utility of the proposed histologic classification schema in assessing a patient's likelihood of ultimately developing end-stage renal disease. (C) 1997 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.