Spontaneous resolution of infantile nephrotic syndrome.
Congenital nephrosis is a rare disease with universally accepted poor prognosis; despite developments in the pathogenesis and management, these children are always a challenge to the caregivers and families. Reported here, is a case of a 6-month-old female infant with infantile nephrotic syndrome, who went into spontaneous resolution within a week without therapy and remained asymptomatic for the following 2 years.
Chishti
Aftab S
AS
Department of Pediatrics, King Fahd Hospital of the University, PO Box 2208, Al-Khobar 31952, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. achishti@hospital.kfu.edu.sa
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous