Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences Volume 46 Issue 3
published_at 1997-09

A Case of Nephrotic Syndrome with Rapid Spontaneous Remission in an Elderly Patient

Kanahara Koji
Yorioka Noriaki
Kumagai Junko
Amimoto Dai
Nishiki Tomoko
Ochiai Mariko
Taniguchi Yoshihiko
Yamakido Michio
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Abstract
In July 1994, a 70-year-old woman was diagnosed as having nephrotic syndrome with proteinuria of 8 to 10 g/day and a serum albumin level of 1.8 g/dl. She was hospitalized in August 1994 for investigation. The urinary findings then normalized, with urinary protein and occult blood both negative and total urinary protein excretion at 0 g/day. A renal biopsy was performed, and spontaneous remission of minimal change nephrotic syndrome was diagnosed. This is an interesting case involving rapid remission of minimal change nephrotic syndrome in an elderly patient.
Keywords
Minimal change nephrotic syndrome
Elderly onset
Spontaneous remission