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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Ahsan Hussain, M.D.[2]
Overview
The main causes of Membranous Glomerulonephritis are Infectious causes like Hepatitis B, drugs like captopril and autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus.
Causes:
Life-threatening Causes
- Life-threatening causes of membranous glomerulonephritis include:
- hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV[1]
- Lymphoproliferative ( non-hodgkin`s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, occasionally hodgkin`s lymphoma)
Common Causes
Infectious Causes
- The infectious causes of membranous glomerulonephritis are given below:[1]
- Captopril
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- HIV
- Secondary and congenital syphilis
Drugs and toxicity
- The causes related to drug and toxicity are given below:[1]
- Penicilliamine
- Captopril (high doses)
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Neoplastic causes:
- Lymphoproliferative ( non-hodgkin`s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, occasionally hodgkin`s lymphoma)
Less common causes:
Infectious causes:
- Schistosomiasis
- Leprosy
- Hydatid disease
- Loaiasis (filaria)
- Quartan malaria
Drug and toxicity:
- Formaldehyde
- Volatile hydrocarbons
Neoplastic disease
- The neoplastic causes are given below:[1]
- carcinoma ( lung, breast, stomach, colon, esophagus, melanoma, renal cell, neuroblastoma, carotid body)
Miscellaneous
- The other causes are given below[1]:
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Sickle cell anemia
- Sarcoidosis
- Weber-christian disease
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Bullous pemphigoid
- Mysthenia gravis
- Guillain-Barre nephropathy
Causes by Organ System
- The causes of membranous glomerulonephritis are given below:[1]
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | Volatile hydrocarbons |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | Captopril, Penicilliamine |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Diabetes mellitus, Hashimoto`s thyroiditis, Mysthenia gravis |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | Weber-christian disease |
| Hematologic | Sickle cell anemia |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, secondary and congenital syphilis, HIV nephropathy, Schistosomiasis, Leprosy, Hydatid disease, Loaiasis (filaria), Quartan malaria |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| Neurologic | Guillain-Barre nephropathy |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | non-hodgkin`s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, occasionally hodgkin`s lymphoma |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | Captopril, Gold, Penicilliamine |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | Sarcoidosis |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | Rheumatoid arthritis, Mysthenia gravis, Primary biliary cirrhosis, Guillain-Barre nephropathy, Systemic lupus erythematosusease |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order:[1]
- Bullous pemphigoid
- Captopril
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Formaldehyde
- Guillain-Barre nephropathy
- Hashimoto`s thyroiditis
- Lymphoproliferative ( non-hodgkin`s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, occasionally hodgkin`s lymphoma)
- Mysthenia gravis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Systemic lupus erythematosusease
- Sickle cell anemia
- Weber-christian disease