Histopatological spectrum of kidney diseases according to renal biopsies performed in Minsk, Republic of Belarus


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/nephrology.2020.2.26-00

K.S. Komissarov, K.S. Komissarov, M.V. Dmitrieva, T.A. Letkovskaya

1) Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantation and Hematology, Minsk, Republic of Belarus; 2) Republican Clinical Medical Center of the Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Republic of Belarus; 3) City Clinical Pathoanatomical Bureau, Minsk, Republic of Belarus; 4) Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Objective. Determination of the incidence of various forms of kidney diseases according to the results of histopathological findings.
Material and methods. Retrospectively, the findings of 346 renal biopsies performed at the City Clinical Pathoanatomical Bureau, Minsk, Republic of Belarus, during the 2014-2015 were analyzed.
Results. The frequency of puncture renal biopsy (RB) in 2015 was 10.1 per 100 thousand population. The median age of the patients was 36 (28; 51) years, there were 51% men. The proportion of primary glomerulonephritis was 69.91% of cases, secondary nephropathy – 23%, tubulointerstitial nephritis – 2.65%, vascular nephropathy – 2.21%, other kidney diseases – 0.92%;
no pathology was detected in 1.38% of RB.
Conclusion. According to our analysis, the most common forms of glomeruloneuronephritis included IgA nephropathy (30.97%), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (10.62%), and membranous nephropathy (9.29%).

About the Autors


Kirill S. Komissarov – Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Nephrology, Renal Replacement Therapy and Kidney Transplantation, Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantation and Hematology, Minsk; Republic of Belarus. Е-mail: kirill_ka@tut.by, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-0642
Klimentii S. Komissarov – Anatomopathologist, Republican Clinical Medical Center of the Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk; Republic of Belarus. Е-mail: etreleg@mail.ru
Margarita V. Dmitrieva – Anatomopathologist, City Clinical Pathoanatomical Bureau, Minsk; Republic of Belarus. Е-mail: mvdmitieva@inbox.ru
Tat'yana A. Letkovskaya – Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy, Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk; Republic of Belarus.
Е-mail: taletkovskaya@mail.ru


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