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02 April 2025 : Case report  China

Successful Treatment of a 42-Year-Old Man with Concurrent Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease and Anti-Phospholipase A2 Receptor Antibody-Positive Membranous Nephropathy: A Case Report

Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Rare disease

Cuirong Hu1BCEF, Jinkun Wang1E, Yaping Zhan12E, Jifang Lu1E, Jinling Ye1E, Jianan Chen1E, Wenyan Zhou2C, Chaojun Qi2E, Minfang Zhang2D, Leyi Gu12E, Na Jiang12AEF*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.946245

Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e946245

Figure 2. Representative photos of kidney biopsy. Panel A shows small fibrocellular crescents in the glomeruli (arrow). Proximal tubules show evidence of loss of the brush border, with dilation of the tubules and vascular wall intimal fibrosis (PAS, magnification: 100×). Panel B shows a representative glomerulus with a large cellular-fibro crescent and segmental necrosis (arrow, PASM, magnification: 400×). Panel C depicts electron-dense immune complex-type deposits in the subepithelial layer and inside the glomerular basement membrane (GBM, arrow), which is diagnostic for membranous glomerulopathy. Panel D demonstrates immunofluorescence IgG staining showing 3+ positivity linear and granular along the capillary loop (magnification: 1000×), indicating anti-GBM disease combined with membranous glomerulopathy. Panel E shows immunofluorescence staining demonstrating positivity of 3+ intensity for anti-PLA2R antibody expression (magnification: 400×). PAS – periodic acid Schiff staining; PASM – periodic acid silver methenamine staining; GBM – glomerular basement membrane; IgG – immunoglobin G; PLA2R – phospholipase A2 receptor.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923