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HODGKIN'S DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITHOUT KIDNEY LESION
Author(s) -
Hansen H. E.,
Skov P. E.,
Askjær S. A.,
Albertsen K.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1972.tb00056.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrotic syndrome , disease , lesion , biopsy , kidney disease , renal biopsy , kidney , pathology , gastroenterology
Three patients are reported in whom Hodgkin's disease was associated with the nephrotic syndrome. Biopsy studies by light and electron microscopy revealed minimal or absent renal lesions, and renal vein obstruction was excluded by angiographic examinations. In two cases development and remission of nephrotic syndrome was closely related to the course of Hodgkin's disease, which in one patient both conditions remained unrelieved. The close time relationship observed in these patients, as well as in similar cases previously reported, suggests that these two conditions when associated may share a common pathogenetic mechanism.