Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Emerging Minimal-change Nephrotic Syndrome in a Patient with Chronic Mesangial Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
Naoko DejiToshiro SugimotoMasami KanasakiMasahiro AoyamaYuki TanakaMasayoshi SakaguchiYoshihiko NishioTakashi UzuAtsunori Kashiwagi
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2007 年 46 巻 13 号 p. 991-995

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A 41-year-old Japanese woman with a 25-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus was admitted because of abrupt onset of nephrotic syndrome and acute renal failure. Renal biopsy specimen showed only mild mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis associated with mesangial deposition of immunoglobulins/complements. No significant immune deposits were found in the glomerular capillary walls, but mild foot process effacement was observed on electron microscopy. Further, two-month corticosteroid therapy improved her massive proteinuria and renal dysfunction, indicating that this patient showed minimal-change nephropathy superimposed on mesangial proliferative lupus nephritis.

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