Lithium-induced nephrotic syndrome is a rare complication of lithium therapy and is even rarer in children. Most reported cases have been secondary to minimal change disease, which reverses within 1-4 weeks on discontinuation of lithium therapy. However, focal glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) has occasionally been reported and is not always reversible with discontinuation of lithium. We report an 11-year-old child with lithium-induced FSGS nephrotic syndrome who went into full remission after lithium was discontinued.
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Sakarcan, A., Thomas, D. B., O’Reilly, K. P., & Richards, R. W. (2002). Lithium-induced nephrotic syndrome in a young pediatric patient. Pediatric Nephrology, 17(4), 290–292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-001-0809-7
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