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Membranous glomerulonephritis causes

Introduction

Overview

Overview

The main causes of membranous glomerulonephritis are infections like hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, syphilis, leprosy, drugs like captopril, penicilliamine, autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus, Guillian-Barre nephropathy and neoplastic diseases like non-hodgkin`s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, occasionally hodgkin`s lymphoma.

Causes:

Causes:

Life-threatening Causes

Common Causes

Infectious Causes

Drugs and toxicity

Neoplastic causes:

Less common causes:

Infectious causes:

Drug and toxicity:

Neoplastic disease

Miscellaneous

Causes by Organ System

  • The causes of membranous glomerulonephritis are given below:[1][2][3]
Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning Volatile hydrocarbons
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic Bullous pemphigoid
Drug Side Effect Captopril, Penicilliamine
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine Diabetes mellitus, Hashimoto`s thyroiditis
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic Weber-christian disease
Hematologic Sickle cell anemia
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, secondary and congenital syphilis, HIV nephropathy, Schistosomiasis, Leprosy, Hydatid disease, Loaiasis (filaria), Quartan malaria
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic Rheumatoid arthritis
Neurologic Guillain-Barre nephropathy, Myasthenia gravis
Nutritional/Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic Non-Hodgkin`s Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Hodgkin`s Lymphoma
Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity Captopril, Gold, Penicilliamine
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Renal/Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy Rheumatoid arthritis, Mysthenia gravis, Primary biliary cirrhosis, Guillain-Barre nephropathy, Systemic lupus erythematosis
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous No underlying causes

Causes in Alphabetical Order

List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order:[1][2][3]

References

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wasserstein AG (April 1997). “Membranous glomerulonephritis”. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 8 (4): 664–74. PMID 10495797.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Reichert, LJ; Koene, RA; Wetzels, JF (1998). “Prognostic factors in idiopathic membranous nephropathy”. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 31 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1053/ajkd.1998.v31.pm9428445. ISSN 0272-6386.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Troyanov, S.; Roasio, L.; Pandes, M.; Herzenberg, A.M.; Cattran, D.C. (2006). “Renal pathology in idiopathic membranous nephropathy: A new perspective”. Kidney International. 69 (9): 1641–1648. doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000289. ISSN 0085-2538.

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Ahsan Hussain, M.D.[2]