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Medicine Nephrotic and Nephritic syndrome 1ee090cf

Leprosy causes?

A
Rapidly progressive GN
B
Focal glomerulosclerosis
C
Membranoproliferative GN
D
Acute glomerulonephritis
High-Yield Explanation
Renal involvement in leprosy is related to the quantity of bacilli in the body, and the kidney is one of the target organs during splanchnic localization. In some series, all cases with borderline lepromatous and lepromatous types of leprosy have various forms of renal involvement including FSGS, mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis, or renal amyloidosis; much less common are the renal lesions of DPGN and MPGN.

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