Antepartum or immediate postpartum renal biopsies in preeclampsia/eclampsia of pregnancy: new morphologic and clinical findings.

CONCLUSION: Endotheliosis, vacuolation of podocytes, proliferation of mesangial cells, and protein casts in the tubule lumens were found in the kidneys of women with PE/eclampsia. Immune depositions of C4 and IgM are major contributors to renal lesions in preeclamptic patients, whose neonates can generally survive. Eclampsia can occur without increased blood pressure.
PMID: 25197387 [PubMed - in process]

Source: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology - September 15, 2014 Category: Pathology Authors: Han L, Yang Z, Li K, Zou J, Li H, Han J, Zhou L, Liu X, Zhang X, Zheng Y, Yu L, Li L Tags: Int J Clin Exp Pathol Source Type: research