Radiation nephritis causing nephrotic syndrome.
Clinical symptoms of acute radiation nephritis with nephrotic syndrome developed in a fifty-six-year-old woman after abdominal radiation therapy for an astrocytoma of the spinal cord. The diagnosis of radiation nephritis was confirmed by renal biopsy. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of radiation nephritis associated with nephrotic syndrome.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009393:Nephritis / Q000209:etiology*; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy