title: [Glomerulonephritis and malignant lymphoma. Mostly men with low-grade lymphoma with various forms of glomerulonephritis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The association of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with different types of glomerulonephritis is well-known for many years. Whereas in Hodgkin's disease, minimal change glomerulonephritis is mainly observed, in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma various forms of glomerulonephritis are found.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We describe 3 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which were associated with glomerulonephritis. Two cases of glomerulonephritis showed nephrotic syndromes, which improved by medicinal treatment. In 2 cases glomerulonephritis and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developed simultaneously. In a third lymphoma was followed by glomerulonephritis after 3 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the pathogenetic relationship between non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and glomerulonephritis is not fully understood, the high number of reported cases yield interdependence. Lymphoma associated glomerulonephritis is found more often in men than in women. Low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas--especially chronic lymphatic leukemias--seem to develop glomerulonephritis more frequently than high-grade. The majority of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma do not show any predisposition to a special type of glomerulonephritis, only in cutaneous lymphoma IgA-nephropathy predominates.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und klinische Immunologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zahner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malms
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diercks
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grabensee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Glomerulonephritis und malignes Lymphom. Uberwiegend Männer mit niedrigmalignem Lymphom mit unterschiedlichen Glomerulonephritisformen.