| Minimal change nephrotic syndrome associated with invasive thymoma: a case report with literature review. | |
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PMID: 23211340 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The present report describes a case of nephrotic syndrome (NS) with invasive thymoma. A male patient was hospitalized for severe edema with reduced urine output. He had a history of thymectomy and radiotherapy because of invasive thymoma 4 years before the development of NS. Renal biopsy displayed minimal change disease (MCD). Although imaging study showed probably recurrent sign of invasive thymoma, the patient still received steroid monotherapy for ~ 9 months and he got partial remission of NS at the 8th week. Therefore, we suggest that MCD should be taken into account as a pathological lesion type in old NS patients with thymoma. In spite of longer remission time, steroid monotherapy and combination therapy with immunosuppressant are effective for thymoma-associated MCD. |
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Quan Long; Ping Wu; Gengru Jiang; Chun Zhu |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-12-4 |
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Title: Clinical nephrology Volume: - ISSN: 0301-0430 ISO Abbreviation: Clin. Nephrol. Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-12-5 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0364441 Medline TA: Clin Nephrol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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