title: Membranous nephropathy associated with ovarian tumour in a young girl: recovery after removal.
abstract: We report a 7-year-old girl who presented with membranous glomerulonephritis and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in association with a benign ovarian tumour. Surgical excision of the tumor led to complete disappearance of the proteinuria within 2 weeks. Tumour-associated membranous nephropathy in children is rare, as a review of the literature shows.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beauvais
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vaudour
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boccon Gibod
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery