Minimal change nephrotic syndrome complicated with malignant ascites in a patient with type II diabetes

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A large number of renal biopsy studies have shown the concurrent presence of non-diabetic renal disease in diabetics. This report describes one such diabetic female patient with nephrotic syndrome due to minimal change glomerular disease who was successfully treated with prednisolone. Despite the remission of her nephrotic syndrome, she had gradual development of malignant ascites, which was finally interpreted to be linked to primary peritoneal carcinoma. It is necessary to bear in mind that malignancies may not only be the underlying etiology for paraneoplastic glomerular injuries, but also can be an independent pathogenic process, regardless of their nephrotic status during the overall management of the patients with ascites. © 2012 The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.

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Sugase, T., Akimoto, T., Iwazu, Y., Yamazaki, T., Numata, A., Takemoto, F., … Kusano, E. (2012). Minimal change nephrotic syndrome complicated with malignant ascites in a patient with type II diabetes. Internal Medicine, 51(14), 1885–1888. https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7550

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