Case of idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis

Abstract

Nodular glomerulosclerosis is a histopathological pattern characterized by increased hyaline deposition in the mesangial matrix in a nodular form. This pattern can be observed in a variety of clinical entities, leading to a diagnostic challenge, which, in many cases, is concluded as an idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis because the etiology is not determined. A clinical case of a patient with grade I obesity, non-smoking and non-diabetic, who consulted for nephrotic syndrome and alteration of kidney function, who presented a pattern of nodular glomerulosclerosis in the renal biopsy, with exclusion of all causes is presented.

Keywords

• Idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis. Hypertension. Diabetic nephropathy.