Smoking-Related Glomerulopathy: Expanding the Morphologic Spectrum

Chronic smoking and hypertension may lead to smoking-related nodular glomerulopathy (SRNG), a well-recognized entity that clinically and pathologically mimics nodular diabetic nephropathy (DN). However, like DN, diffuse mesangial sclerosis may occur in this setting without nodules. The clinicopathologic features of 10 non-diabetic patients with a long smoking history diagnosed from 2003-2012 showing diffuse mesangial glomerulosclerosis (6) or SRNG (4) were analyzed. Nine of 10 patients were men, aged 58-80 with a 20-58 pack-year smoking history. None of the patients manifested diabetes, but all of them had hypertension. Numerous other cardiovascular comorbidities were present. At biopsy, the mean creatinine was 1.9 mg/dl (range 1.4-3) and the mean proteinuria was 3.9 g/24 h. The renal pathologic findings were similar in all patients except mesangial nodules in SRNG. Global glomerulosclerosis was seen in 6-72% of glomeruli (mean 31%), glomerulomegaly in all cases, and a range of interstitial fibrosis in 10-70% (mean 43%). Moderate (40%) and severe (50%) arteriosclerosis and arteriolar hyalinosis (80%) were also observed. Glomerular hilar or mesangial neovascularization was prominent. Endothelial swelling, subendothelial widening, and new basement membrane formation suggesting chronic healing thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) was noted in 80%. No immune complexes were localized. Kidney biopsies from patients with proteinuria and chronic renal insufficiency in the setting of prolonged smoking and hypertension show either diffuse or nodular mesangial glomerulosclerosis. Chronic glomerular mesangial and endothelial injury associated with smoking leads to a chronic TMA appearance in the appropriate setting, even in the absence of mesangial nodule formation. © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

American journal of nephrology - 41(2015), 1, Seite 66-72

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Salvatore, Steven P [VerfasserIn]
Troxell, Megan L [Sonstige Person]
Hecox, Douglas [Sonstige Person]
Sperling, Kevin R [Sonstige Person]
Seshan, Surya V [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Arteriosclerosis - pathology
Chronic kidney disease
Creatinine - blood
Diarrhea - pathology
Eye Diseases, Hereditary - pathology
Fibrosis - pathology
Glomerular Basement Membrane - pathology
Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental - pathology
Hypertension - complications
Idiopathic nodular glomerulopathy
Intestinal Diseases - pathology
Neovascularization, Pathologic - pathology
Nephrotic Syndrome - etiology
Nephrotic Syndrome - pathology
Proteinuria
Proteinuria - urine
Sclerosis - etiology
Sclerosis - pathology
Skin Abnormalities - pathology
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking-related glomerulopathy
Thrombotic Microangiopathies - pathology
Vascular Diseases - pathology

doi:

10.1159/000371727

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1968886648