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  • 标题:Tubulointerstitial damage as the major pathological lesion in endemic chronic kidney disease among farmers in North Central Province of Sri Lanka
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  • 作者:Shanika Nanayakkara ; Toshiyuki Komiya ; Neelakanthi Ratnatunga
  • 期刊名称:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
  • 印刷版ISSN:1342-078X
  • 电子版ISSN:1347-4715
  • 出版年度:2012
  • 卷号:17
  • 期号:3
  • 页码:213-221
  • DOI:10.1007/s12199-011-0243-9
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Springer Japan
  • 摘要:

    Chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) in North Central Province of Sri Lanka has become a key public health concern in the agricultural sector due to the dramatic rise in its prevalence and mortality among young farmers. Although cadmium has been suspected as a causative pathogen, there have been controversies. To date, the pathological characteristics of the disease have not been reported. Histopathological observations of 64 renal biopsies obtained at Anuradhapura General Hospital from October 2008 to July 2009 were scored according to Banff 97 Working Classification of Renal Allograft pathology. The correlations between the histological observations and clinical parameters were statistically analyzed. Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy with or without nonspecific interstitial mononuclear cell infiltration was the dominant histopathological observation. Glomerular sclerosis, glomerular collapse, and features of vascular pathology such as fibrous intimal thickening and arteriolar hyalinosis were also common. Although hypertension was identified as one of the common clinical features among the cases, it did not influence the histopathological lesions in all the cases. This study concludes that tubulointerstitial damage is the major pathological lesion in CKDu. Exposure(s) to an environmental pathogen(s) should be systematically investigated to elucidate such tubulointerstitial damage in CKDu.

  • 关键词:Chronic kidney disease ;Farmers ;Cadmium ;Histopathology ;Sri Lanka
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