A boy with thinning of flomerular basement membrane- case report

Abstract

Thin glomerular basement membrane disease and Alport syndrome are two hereditary nephropathies responsible for recurrent macroscopic haematuria in children. Diagnosis of the both diseases usually depends on careful examination of both the clinical features of the patient and those of the family members, and evaluation of the basal membrane via electron microscopy. In this article a 13 year-old boy with recurrent macroscopic haematuria, whose renal biopsy revealed thinning of glomerular basement membrane, was discussed.

Keywords

• Adolescent,Male,Nephritis, Hereditary,Hematuria,Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease

Glomeruler bazal membranda incelmesi olan bir erkek çoculc - olgu sunumu

Öz

İnce glomerüler bazal membran hastalığı(IGBMH) ve Alport sendromu(AS), çocukların tekrarlayan hematürilerinin araştırılmasında düşünülmesi gereken herediter nefropatilerdendir. Her ikisinde de hastalığın tanısı, klinik belirtilerin yanı sıra aile üyelerinin çok dikkatli incelenmesine ve bazal membran yapısının elektron mikroskop ile değerlendirilmesine dayanır. Bu yazıda tekrarlayan makroskopik hematüri nedeni ile tetkik edilen 13 yaşındaki bir erkek çocukta, elektron mikroskopisinÜe saptanan glomerüler membranda incelme bulgusu tartışılacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Ergen,Erkek,Nefrit, kalıtsal,Hematüri,Anti-glomerular bazal membran hastalığı

Kaynakça

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