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Focal embolic glomerulonephritis

MedGen UID:
65950
•Concept ID:
C0238143
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Focal Embolic Glomerulonephritis; focal embolic glomerulonephritis
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003135

Definition

Inflammation of a specific segment of glomeruli, which is associated with subacute bacterial endocarditis, and frequently produces microscopic hematuria without azotemia. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFocal embolic glomerulonephritis

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Thrombus risk versus bleeding risk: a clinical conundrum.
Ng E, Ekladious A, Wheeler LP
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Mar 8;12(3) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228344. PMID: 30852504Free PMC Article
Complication rate and diagnostic yield of percutaneous native kidney biopsies: A 10-year experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan.
Yaqub S, Ahmed N, Fatima U, Maqbool A, Ashif W, Hussain SA
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2017 Jul-Aug;28(4):891-897. PMID: 28748893
Risk factors of venous thromboembolism in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with nephrotic syndrome.
Li SJ, Tu YM, Zhou CS, Zhang LH, Liu ZH
Clin Exp Nephrol 2016 Apr;20(2):212-7. Epub 2015 Jul 29 doi: 10.1007/s10157-015-1149-4. PMID: 26220221
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis associated with nephrotic syndrome in cholesterol atheroembolism: clinicopathological correlations.
Greenberg A, Bastacky SI, Iqbal A, Borochovitz D, Johnson JP
Am J Kidney Dis 1997 Mar;29(3):334-44. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90193-1. PMID: 9041208
Renal vein thrombosis in nephrotic syndrome--a prospective study and review.
Chugh KS, Malik N, Uberoi HS, Gupta VK, Aggarwal ML, Singhal PC, Suri S, Jain SK
Postgrad Med J 1981 Sep;57(671):566-70. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.57.671.566. PMID: 7329894Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Complication rate and diagnostic yield of percutaneous native kidney biopsies: A 10-year experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan.
Yaqub S, Ahmed N, Fatima U, Maqbool A, Ashif W, Hussain SA
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2017 Jul-Aug;28(4):891-897. PMID: 28748893
Nonneoplastic renal cortical scarring at tumor nephrectomy predicts decline in kidney function.
Salvatore SP, Cha EK, Rosoff JS, Seshan SV
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2013 Apr;137(4):531-40. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0070-OA. PMID: 23544942
Multiple mycotic aneurysms with a rare fungus, Aspergillus niger: a complex case report.
Parameswaran V
J Vasc Nurs 2008 Mar;26(1):22-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvn.2007.09.008. PMID: 18295164
Non-neoplastic renal diseases in Kerala, India--analysis of 1592 cases, a two year retrospective study.
Chandrika BK
Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2007 Apr;50(2):300-2. PMID: 17883050
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis associated with nephrotic syndrome in cholesterol atheroembolism: clinicopathological correlations.
Greenberg A, Bastacky SI, Iqbal A, Borochovitz D, Johnson JP
Am J Kidney Dis 1997 Mar;29(3):334-44. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90193-1. PMID: 9041208

Therapy

Arteriovenous fistula in a renal allograft with gross hematuria and subsequent acute kidney injury due to urinary tract obstruction: a case report.
Aoki Y, Kawamura T, Shiraga N, Yonekura T, Maeda M, Kurihara S, Sekine Y, Shishido S, Sakai K
BMC Nephrol 2023 Jun 5;24(1):156. doi: 10.1186/s12882-023-03183-5. PMID: 37277729Free PMC Article
Thrombus risk versus bleeding risk: a clinical conundrum.
Ng E, Ekladious A, Wheeler LP
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Mar 8;12(3) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228344. PMID: 30852504Free PMC Article
Complication rate and diagnostic yield of percutaneous native kidney biopsies: A 10-year experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan.
Yaqub S, Ahmed N, Fatima U, Maqbool A, Ashif W, Hussain SA
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2017 Jul-Aug;28(4):891-897. PMID: 28748893
Renal ablation using bilateral renal artery embolization for treatment of resistant nephrotic syndrome.
Sallam HE, El-Reshaid K, Varro J
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2012 Nov;23(6):1258-61. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.103572. PMID: 23168861
An unusual cause of gross hematuria and transient ARF in an SLE patient with warfarin coagulopathy.
Kabir A, Nadasdy T, Nadasdy G, Hebert LA
Am J Kidney Dis 2004 Apr;43(4):757-60. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2003.08.050. PMID: 15042555

Prognosis

Complication rate and diagnostic yield of percutaneous native kidney biopsies: A 10-year experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan.
Yaqub S, Ahmed N, Fatima U, Maqbool A, Ashif W, Hussain SA
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2017 Jul-Aug;28(4):891-897. PMID: 28748893
Risk factors of venous thromboembolism in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with nephrotic syndrome.
Li SJ, Tu YM, Zhou CS, Zhang LH, Liu ZH
Clin Exp Nephrol 2016 Apr;20(2):212-7. Epub 2015 Jul 29 doi: 10.1007/s10157-015-1149-4. PMID: 26220221
Nonneoplastic renal cortical scarring at tumor nephrectomy predicts decline in kidney function.
Salvatore SP, Cha EK, Rosoff JS, Seshan SV
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2013 Apr;137(4):531-40. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0070-OA. PMID: 23544942
PR3-ANCA-positive crescentic necrotizing glomerulonephritis accompanied by isolated pulmonic valve infective endocarditis, with reference to previous reports of renal pathology.
Fukuda M, Motokawa M, Usami T, Oikawa T, Morozumi K, Yoshida A, Kimura G
Clin Nephrol 2006 Sep;66(3):202-9. doi: 10.5414/cnp66202. PMID: 16995343
Ischemic renal diseases: new insights into old entities.
Meyrier A, Hill GS, Simon P
Kidney Int 1998 Jul;54(1):2-13. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00968.x. PMID: 9648058

Clinical prediction guides

Complication rate and diagnostic yield of percutaneous native kidney biopsies: A 10-year experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan.
Yaqub S, Ahmed N, Fatima U, Maqbool A, Ashif W, Hussain SA
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2017 Jul-Aug;28(4):891-897. PMID: 28748893
Risk factors of venous thromboembolism in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with nephrotic syndrome.
Li SJ, Tu YM, Zhou CS, Zhang LH, Liu ZH
Clin Exp Nephrol 2016 Apr;20(2):212-7. Epub 2015 Jul 29 doi: 10.1007/s10157-015-1149-4. PMID: 26220221
PR3-ANCA-positive crescentic necrotizing glomerulonephritis accompanied by isolated pulmonic valve infective endocarditis, with reference to previous reports of renal pathology.
Fukuda M, Motokawa M, Usami T, Oikawa T, Morozumi K, Yoshida A, Kimura G
Clin Nephrol 2006 Sep;66(3):202-9. doi: 10.5414/cnp66202. PMID: 16995343
Ischemic renal diseases: new insights into old entities.
Meyrier A, Hill GS, Simon P
Kidney Int 1998 Jul;54(1):2-13. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00968.x. PMID: 9648058
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis associated with nephrotic syndrome in cholesterol atheroembolism: clinicopathological correlations.
Greenberg A, Bastacky SI, Iqbal A, Borochovitz D, Johnson JP
Am J Kidney Dis 1997 Mar;29(3):334-44. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90193-1. PMID: 9041208

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