Korean Journal of Nephrology 1984;3(2):204-209.

Mesangial IgM Nephropathy 1예

남궁호삼 , 이인수 , 이영미 , 김형규 , 홍순국

Abstract

A 23-year old man presented with the idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. His BP was 120/70 mmHg, creatinine clearance 74 ml/min and 24 hours urine protein excretion 22 gm. Serum IgM was increased. Penal biopsy revealed minimal change lesion on the light microscopy. Immunofluorescent study showed diffuse IgM deposits in the area of mesangium with segmental specks of C,. Electron microscopic study revealed some electron dense deposits in mesangium, segmental slight increase of mesangial matrix, foot process fusion and mi- crovilli formation. Authors reported a case of mesangial IgM ne- phropathy and reviewed of the literatures.