July 7, 2017
Fibrillary Glomerulopathy

- Published: July 7, 2017
- By: Patrick D. Walker, MD
- Tags: Fibrillary glomerulopathy, Fibrils, Hepatitis C, IgG, Progressive renal failure, Proteinuria
Commonly heard after we give the diagnosis: “I heard about this in Fellowship”…
This 62-year-old African-American just completed treatment for hepatitis C with HARVONI® (ledipasvir 90 mg/sofosbuvir 400 mg). He was found to have an elevated creatinine of 1.8 mg/dl (baseline 1.1 mg/dl). Urinalysis showed 3+ protein with no blood and no casts. He also has well-controlled hypertension for more than 10 years.