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Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 164-167 |
Membranous nephropathy as a rare renal manifestation of IgG4-related disease
AA Kurien1, A Raychaudhury2, PD Walker3
1 Department of Renal Pathology, Center for Renal and Urological Pathology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Department of Nephrology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 3 Department of Renal Pathology, Nephropath, Little Rock, AR, USA
Correspondence Address:
A A Kurien Center for Renal and Urological Pathology, AL 190, 1st Street, 12th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai - 600 040 India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.143300
IgG4-related disease, a newly described immune-mediated disorder with tissue infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells, has been reported in nearly every organ. In the kidney, it manifests as IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) but may also present as membranous nephropathy. We report a patient with IgG4 renal disease who had membranous nephropathy as well as TIN.
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