TY - JOUR AU - Ikram, Muhammad AU - Muhammad, Shad AU - Ali, Akhtar AU - Muhammad, Noor AU - Bahadur, Khan AU - Haq, Mian Iftikhar Ul PY - 2017/05/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - FREQUENCY OF HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF RENAL DISEASES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 31 IS - 2 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/2000 SP - AB - <p><strong> </strong></p>Objective: To find out the histological patterns of renal diseases in patients,<br />who underwent renal biopsy at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan.<br />Methodology: This was a descriptive study conducted at Lady Reading Hospital<br />Peshawar, Pakistan from July 2012 to July 2015. We performed renal biopsy of<br />all patients who presented with; nephrotic syndrome, non-nephrotic range significant<br />proteinuria, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, acute unexplained<br />renal failure, sub-acute renal failure of unknown cause and nephritic syndrome.<br />Results: Total number of patients were 200. Mean age was 42.5 ±8.2 yrs. In<br />56(28%) of the patients the histological diagnosis was focal segmental glomerulosclerosis<br />(FSGS), followed by membranous nephropathy (MN) 28(14%)<br />minimal change disease (MCD) 25(12.5%), membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis<br />(MPGN) 20(10%) and lupus nephritis in 14(7%).<br />Conclusion: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis was leading cause of primary<br />glomerular diseases. While secondary glomerular disease (SGN) in our population<br />was most commonly caused by lupus nephritis (LN). ER -