Unilateral glomerulonephritis
Dikman, S.H.; Strauss, L.; Berman, L.J.; Taylor, N.S.; Churg, J.
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 100(9): 480-483
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9985 PMID: 988991 Document Number: 98804
Three patients had unilateral glomerulonephritis. In two, the protected kidney was associated with stenosis of its renal artery, and in the third patient, a hydronephrotic kidney was spared. These clinical examples of unilateral glomerulonephritis and similar experimental models illustrate the effect of hemodynamic and hydrostatic influence in the manifestation of glomerulonephritis. Glomerulonephritis associated with unilateral arterial or ureteral disease may cause clinical confusion and error in diagnosis and treatment.