Membranous Glomerulonephritis

Definition 1

A disease of the glomerulus manifested clinically by proteinuria, and sometimes by other features of the nephrotic syndrome. It is histologically characterized by deposits in the glomerular capillary wall between the epithelial cell and the basement membrane and a thickening of the membrane. Also characteristic are outward projections of the membrane between the epithelial deposits in the form of "spikes". There is some agreement that the deposits are antigen-antibody complexes. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Definition 2

characterized histologically by proteinaceous deposits on the glomerular capillary basement membrane or by thickening of the membrane; clinically similar to chronic glomerulonephritis, occasionally with transient nephrotic syndrome. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

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