Nephrotic syndrome associated with Kimura's disease.
Kimura's disease consists of lesions that appear as single or multiple red-brown papules or as subcutaneous nodules with a predilection for the head and neck region. Although it principally affects the skin and soft tissues, there is a high prevalence of associated renal disease. We report a case of nephrotic syndrome associated with Kimura's disease. Our patient is distinctive in that his disease first manifested while residing in the Western hemisphere; the renal disease was characterized as mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with renal impairment, and his nephrotic syndrome remitted with standard doses of prednisone.
Whelan
T V
TV
Department of Medicine, Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Maher
J F
JF
Kragel
P
P
Dysart
N
N
Dannenhoffer
R
R
Prager
L
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology