Oygar, DD;
Neild, GH;
(2017)
Reporting renal biopsies from Cyprus: a systematic approach.
Journal of Nephropathology
, 6
(3)
pp. 231-239.
10.15171/jnp.2017.38.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The etiology of renal disease varies in different parts of the world. In the Middle East, half of all patients reaching end-stage are categorised as either unknown etiology or hypertension-related nephropathy. OBJECTIVES: To report a renal biopsy series, in a reproducible format and manner, so that data can be compared directly among other series. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Biopsies of native kidneys were performed in a 10-year period, at a tertiary referral hospital that provides the entire nephrology service for north Cyprus. Data are reported from 153 patients older than 17 years, who were either Turkish-Cypriot or from the Turkish mainland. RESULTS: Mean biopsy rate was 48 per million population (pmp) per year. Mean age was 45.7 years (range 18-78). Overall, the sex distribution was similar (male 51%). The most common histopathological categories were primary glomerulonephritis (GN) (56%), secondary GN (27%), and tubulo-interstitial disease (14%). Of those with primary GN, 29% had secondary (2o) focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) (29%), followed by IgA nephropathy (24 %), membranous 18% and a further 11 patients with 1o FSGS (12%). The incidence of IgA nephropathy was 6.3 per pmp/year. When expressed as a percentage of the annual biopsy rate, 14% of all biopsies showed IgA nephropathy. CONCLUSIONS: To compare data among centres, they must be expressed in terms of the population (incidence pmp/year) and the biopsy rate. In our population, secondary FSGS is common and uncharacterised and we believe many will be caused by monogenic disease.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reporting renal biopsies from Cyprus: a systematic approach |
| Location: | Iran |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.15171/jnp.2017.38 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.15171/jnp.2017.38 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 The Author(s); Published by Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). |
| Keywords: | Chronic kidney disease, Middle East, Primary renal disease, Renal biopsy, Renal failure |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095436 |
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