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. 2016 Sep 23;9(6):794–799. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfw090

Table 2.

Pathologic features

Patient 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12
Glomeruli, n 17 20 32 18 10 21 14 19 10 17 24 9 22 31
Pattern of injury MPGN FPGN MPGN MPGN MPGN MPGN MPGN MesPGN MesPGN MPGN MPGN MPGN MesPGN DPGN
Global sclerosis, % 20 0 56 39 20 57 29 42 40 59 4 33 5 48
IFTA, % 50 0 30 70 30 30 30 30 10 60 20 30 20 70
IF microscopy (frozen) C3 (3+)
IgG (tr)
C3 (3+)
IgM (tr)
C3 (3+)
IgM (1+)
C3 (3+)
IgM (1+)
C3 (3+) C3 (3+) C3 (2+) C3 (3+) C3 (3+) C3 (3+)
IgM (tr)
C3 (3+) C3 (3+) C3 (3+) C3 (3+)
IgM (<1+)
IF microscopy (paraffin, IgG/κ/λ) n/a Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg Neg
C4d n/a MES
(< 1+)
Neg MES (1+) MES (1+) Neg n/a MES
(<1+)
MES
(1+)
MES
(< 1+)
Neg Neg Neg Neg
Ultrastructural localization of deposits MES
SEN
SEP
IN
MES
SEN
IN
MES
SEN
SEP
MES
SEN
IN
MES
SEN
SEP
IN
DDD MES
SEN
MES
SEP
IN
MES
SEN
SEP
IN
MES
SEN
SEP
IN
MES
SEN
SEP
DDD DDD MES
SEN
SEP

MPGN, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; FPGN, focal proliferative glomerulonephritis; DPGN, diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis; MesPGN, mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis; IF, immunofluorescence; IFTA, interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy; MES, mesangial; SEN, subendothelial; SEP, subepithelial; IN, intramembranous; DDD, dense deposit disease.