NELL-1–Positive Membranous Nephropathy Following Inhalational Mercury Exposure
Mercury-associated membranous nephropathy (MN) is a rare but recognized entity, usually linked to chronic dermal or oral exposure through traditional medicines or cosmetics (1,2).Inhalational exposure, however, is extremely uncommon.We report a biopsy-proven case of NELL-1-positive MN following inhalational mercury exposure.A 44-year-old man with psoriasis developed burning dysesthesias in his feet, inner restlessness, and increased urinary frequency after inhaling heated mercury mixed with
Authors
- Aydın Türkmen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-8469)
- Özgür Akın Oto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0928-8103)
- Ahmet Burak Dirim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-8627)
- Yağmur Tahıllıoğlu
- Halil Yazıcı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2526-3483)
- Yasemin Özlük (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7191-0488)
- A. Çelik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9638-0439)
- Savaş Öztürk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0961-3810)
- Egemen Cebeci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7393-5144)
- Özge Hürdoğan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8352-8158)
- Ayşe Serra Artan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6461-3178)
Institutions
- University of Health Science (KH)
- Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Istanbul University (TR)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kidney International Reports
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2025.10.009
- Primary Topic
- Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00