A study of percutaneous renal biopsy in lepromatous leprosy
Gupta, S.C.; Bajaj, A.K.; Govil, D.C.; Sinha, S.N.; Kumar, R.
Leprosy in India 53(2): 179-184
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-1024 PMID: 7253569 Document Number: 174307
Twenty one patients of lepromatous leprosy were investigated for evidence of renal diseases. Histological lesions were observed in 76 percent cases. Sixty two percent of the cases showed a proliferative type of glomerulonephritis. Amyloidosis was present in 14 percent. The remaining 24 percent had either non-specific changes confined to renal tubules or were normal.