Glomerular nephritis with minimal changes associated to cancer of the pancreas

Authors

  • Carolina L. Correia Interna do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Hospital Distrital de Tomar
  • L. Jerónimo Assistente de Medicina Interna, Hospital Distrital de Tomar
  • A. Fernandes Ferreira Chefe de Serviço de Medicina lnterna, Hospital Distrital de Tomar

Keywords:

minimal-changes glomerulopathy, nephrotic syndrome, carcinoma

Abstract

The authors described a patient with a ne­phrotic syndrome and a pancreatic carcinoma. The renal biopsy revealed minimal changes ne­phropaty. The patient presented, two months later, a biliary tract obstruction secundary to a pan­creatic adenocarcinoma. There was a regressi­on of the proteinuria despite of the tumor pro­gression. This fact sugested a cell-mediated im­munity modified by the tumor and not a factor liberated by the carcinoma, that directly dama­ged the kidney.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Boon En, Yrij A A et al . Small cell lung cancer with paraneoplas­tic nephrotic syndrome. Eur Respir J 1994; 7: 1192 - 1193.

MelinJ-P, Lecrique T et ai. Remission of nephrotic syndrome rela­ted to AA amiloidosis after hepatic adenectomy. Nephron 1993; 64: 157 - 158.

Abouchacra S, Duguid W P, Sommerville PJ. Renal cell carcino­ma presenting as nephrotic syndrome complicated by acute renal failure. Clinical Nephrology 1993; 39: 340-342.

Whelan TV et al. Minimal- change nephropathy associated with pancreatic carcinoma. Arch Intern Med 1988; 148: 975 -

Martinez A et al. Minimal- change glomerulopathy and carcinoma. Am J Nephrol 1993; 13: 69 - 72.

Eagen JW, Lewis EJ. Glomerulopathies of neoplasia. Kidney Int 1977; 11: 297 - 306.

Tanaka S, Oda H et al. Nephrotic síndrome associated with ma­lignant mesotelioma. Nephron 1994; 67: 510 - 511.

Wens R. Nephrotic - range proteinuria associated with atrial myxoma. Clin Nephrol 1993; 39:2.

Suranyi Mg, Guasch A, Hall MB, Myers BD et ai Elevated leveis of tumor necrosis factor alfa in the nephrotic syndrome in Humans. Am J Kidney Dis 1993; 21: 251-259.

Meyrier A. Treatement of nephrotic syndrome with cyclosporin A. What remains in 1994? Nephrol Dial Transplant 1994; 9: 596 - 598

Additional Files

Published

1996-03-29

How to Cite

1.
L. Correia C, Jerónimo L, Fernandes Ferreira A. Glomerular nephritis with minimal changes associated to cancer of the pancreas. RPMI [Internet]. 1996 Mar. 29 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];3(1):22-3. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2259

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (1996): Janeiro/ Março

Section

Case Reports

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Copyright (c) 2023 Medicina Interna

Open Access

Similar Articles

1 2 > >> 

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.