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Bladder polyp and heavy proteinuria in a patient with hodgkin's disease in remission
Author(s) -
Chevalier Robert L.,
Campbell Fern G.,
Sturgill Benjamin C.,
Lee Tucker F.,
Sabio Hernan
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(1984)54:4<777::aid-cncr2820540432>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - medicine , proteinuria , dysuria , lymphoma , disease , chemotherapy , biopsy , gastroenterology , radiation therapy , renal biopsy , surgery , urology , urinary system , kidney
A 21‐year‐old man who developed heavy proteinuria 8 years after remission of Hodgkin's disease treated with MOPP chemotherapy and radiation therapy is reported. Evidence of Hodgkin's disease could not be documented, and minimal changes were revealed by renal biopsy. Proteinuria persisted for 20 months and was followed by dysuria and the discovery of an inflammatory polyp of the bladder. The proteinuria decreased 1 month after excision of the polyp, and disappeared during the following year. Rather than indicating relapse of lymphoma, proteinuria in this patient resulted from a lesion not previously associated with Hodgkin's disease, but possibly resulting from long‐term effects of therapy.