Mnemonic | Morphology of Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis

Here again I am back with another mnemonic to remember the morphology of Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis 

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this mnemonic will be mainly derived from the name of the disease:

Membrano proliferative Glomerulonephritis:

• if I abbreviate this disease to MG (membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis), than i can make you remebr that MG is a car manufacturing company so its cars would make a tram track appearance on roads when they are driven

and then comes the breakdown of the disease name:

• Membrano = meaning something wrong is with basement membrane of glomerular capillaries

tram track appearance 

• Proliferative  = meaning something is proliferating 

so endothelium, mesangium is proliferating (ME from membrano)

• Glomerulonephritis = inflammation indicates infiltration of leukocytes as it is a nephritic syndrome mainly

specific types of Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis have these all above said features but certain differences which are mentioned in this table below:

Differences	Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type 1	Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type 2 (C3 glomerulopathy)	Dense deposit disease
C3 deposits	↑   Deposited in irregular pattern (subendothelial ONLY)	↑↑   Waxy deposits (mesangial, subendothelial and tubular BM)	↑↑↑   Ribbon like highly dense deposits (mesangial, subendothelial and tubular BM)
Classic complement system components	Present	Absent	Absent

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