A Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient with Nephrotic Syndrome and Immune Complex Deposits in Tubular Basement Membrane: A Rare Case Report

Authors

  • Niloofar Nematollahi Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Dr Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Monir Sadat Hakemi Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Dr Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Farnaz Tavakoli Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Dr Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Fatemeh Nili Department of Pathology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author

Abstract

Following allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) may develop which may affect several organs. Although the presence of nephrotic syndrome after HSCT is rare, sometimes it occurs in the setting of GVHD. The most common histological finding on kidney biopsy of patients with proteinuria owing to GVHD is membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN). However, reports of immune complex deposition in the tubular basement membrane (TBM) and glomerular basement membrane (GBM) are extremely rare. Herein we present a 65-year-old female with a history of HSCT at six years ago who was referred to Dr.Shariati Hospital in Tehran with nephrotic syndrome. Secondary serologic laboratory tests were all normal. The histopathologic study indicated diffuse GBM and TBM thickening, spike formation, infiltration of inflammatory mononuclear cells in tubulointerstitial area and acute tubular injury in light microscopy. Immunofluorescence staining showed immune complex deposits in GBM, mesangial cells, and TBM.

 

DOI: 10.52547/ijkd.7550

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Author Biographies

  • Niloofar Nematollahi, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Dr Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    ORCID number: 0000-0002-3075-1986

    Fellowship of Nephrology, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Dr Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

  • Monir Sadat Hakemi, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Dr Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Farnaz Tavakoli, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Dr Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    ORCID number: 0000-0001-6171-1488

    Email: farnaztavakkoli@gmail.com

    Assistant professor of Nephrology, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Dr Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mobile number:+989127154834   Tel: +982184902449

  • Fatemeh Nili, Department of Pathology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    ORCID number: 0000-0002-9835-897X

    Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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2023-10-12

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CASE REPORT | Kidney Diseases

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A Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient with Nephrotic Syndrome and Immune Complex Deposits in Tubular Basement Membrane: A Rare Case Report. (2023). Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases, 17(5), 281-284. https://ijkd.org/index.php/ijkd/article/view/7550

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