Glomerulonephritis through the lens of ultrasound and radiology
Guido Gembillo, Salvatore Silipigni, Concetto Sessa, Lorenzo Lo Cicero, Luca Soraci, Annalisa Cozza, Rocco Bruccoleri, Luigi Peritore, Walter Morale, Andrea Corsonello, Antonio Bottari, Domenico Santoro · 2026
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Description
Guido Gembillo and team review what imaging can and cannot add to the care of glomerulonephritis. Their 2026 paper starts from an unchanged fact: renal biopsy remains the standard reference, and no imaging method has displaced it. The open question is whether imaging can complement tissue study with extra information on disease level, outlook, and treatment response, guiding care between biopsies.
Standard ultrasound stays first-line, with outer thinning and raised in-kidney resistive indices mainly reflecting chronic structural damage rather than the underlying subtype. Newer tools aim further. Shear-wave elastography measures tissue stiffness, and contrast-enhanced scans probe microvascular perfusion. Multiparametric MRI and nuclear tracers add functional detail, with reported links to fibrosis in IgA nephropathy and vascular change in lupus nephritis and membranous disease. Evidence stays mixed and varied, so imaging aids risk grouping and monitoring but cannot yet replace biopsy.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Guido Gembillo, Salvatore Silipigni, Concetto Sessa, Lorenzo Lo Cicero, Luca Soraci, Annalisa Cozza, Rocco Bruccoleri, Luigi Peritore, Walter Morale, Andrea Corsonello, Antonio Bottari, Domenico Santoro |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 81 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |