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Published on: November 1, 2018
Minimal change glomerulonephritis associated with hydatid disease
1Department of Internal Medicine D, Rambam Medical Center, Rappaport Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Abstract:
A 63-year-old man presented to our department with dyspnea and peripheral edema. A cystic mass in the right upper abdomen, consistent with echinococcal disease was discovered. Proteinuria was also present, and a nephrotic syndrome was diagnosed. The kidney biopsy revealed minimal change glomerulonephritis. Treatment with the antiechinococcal drug albendazole induced complete remission of the nephrotic syndrome, suggesting an etiopathogenic role for a hydatid antigen in the development of an immune-mediated glomerulonephritis.
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