Fabry's disease. Report of the case diagnosed on the basis of routine ultrastructural examination of the renal biopsy.

Abstract

A 45-year-old man who developed proteinuria was diagnosed as having Fabry's disease on the basis of renal histological findings and prominent decreases in alpha-galactosidase A activity in blood leukocytes.

• Authors: M Dubiel-Bigaj, W Dabroś, R Koziejko, K Okoń, O Smoleński
• Journal: Polish journal of pathology : official journal of the Polish Society of Pathologists (Pol J Pathol) Vol. 50 Issue 1 Pg. 51-9 ( 1999) ISSN: 1233-9687 [Print] Poland
• PMID: 10412276 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Basement Membrane (ultrastructure)
• Biopsy
• Cytoplasm (ultrastructure)
• Diagnostic Tests, Routine
• Fabry Disease (pathology)
• Glomerular Mesangium (ultrastructure)
• Humans
• Kidney (ultrastructure)
• Kidney Tubules (ultrastructure)
• Male
• Middle Aged