RESUMO
Sequential renal functions have been studied in eight patients of lepromatous leprosy during and after subsidence of erythema nodosum leprosum. The renal functions which were impaired during reaction were observed to improve during quiescent phase unless there were associated complications like amyloidosis. The possible mechanisms for altered renal functions during reactive phase of the disease have been discussed.
Assuntos
Humanos , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adolescente , Eritema Nodoso/complicações , Fatores de Tempo , Hanseníase/complicações , Nefropatias/etiologia , Nefropatias/fisiopatologia , Testes de Função RenalRESUMO
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.