Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis due to a relapsing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed by positron emission tomography.
Glomerulonephritis rarely appears associated with Hodgkin's disease or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). We present a patient with a relapse of a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which first presented as nephrotic syndrome due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). This case report discusses the unusual association of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, as well as the crucial role of positron emission tomography in detecting the relapsing lymphoma.
González García
Elena
E
Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid - Spain. egonzalez_sp@hotmail.com
Olea
Teresa
T
Hevia
Covadonga
C
Torre
Alberto
A
Azorin
Sebastian
S
Ruiz
Elena
E
Martínez Ara
Jorge
J
Sánchez Villanueva
Rafael
R
Fernandez
Ernesto Jose
EJ
Selgas
Rafael
R
D000368:Aged; D005923:Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012008:Recurrence