Nephrotic Glomerulopathies
The nephrotic syndrome may occur in the course of a number of glomerulopathies, each having a distinctive pattern of renal histopathology. Table 34-1 lists the more common renal lesions that present clinically with nephroticrange proteinuria. The entries listed in boldface type present almost solely as the nephrotic syndrome and will be discussed in this section. Each of these histopathological patterns may occur as a primary (idiopathic) renal lesion, in which no contributory disease process has been identified, or secondary to a known disease process. Clinical entities are listed but are not discussed separately in this section. Entries in blue type may have manifestations other than the nephrotic syndrome and are discussed in subsequent sections.
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