Nephrotic syndrome associated with hyper-high-density lipoproteinemia potentiated by prednisolone therapy

We describe a case of nephrotic syndrome (idiopathic membranous glomerulonephropathy) with high serum HDL cholesterol (91 mg/100 ml) which increased to 240 mg/100 ml following steroid therapy. The increase in HDL was mainly a result of increased HDL2 and increased plasma apolipoprotein A-I.