title: [Severe nephrotic syndrome requiring bilateral renal arteries embolisation in patient with membranous and diabetic nephropathy].
abstract: On the case of 62 year old patient with diabetes type 2 complicated by diabetic nephropathy, we present diagnostic and therapeutic problems of severe nephrotic syndrome caused by membranous nephropathy confirmed by renal biopsy superimposed on diabetic nephropathy. Special attention was paid to the difficulties in achievement the remission of nephrotic syndrome with typical pharmacological treatment and necessity of using drastic form of treatment which was bilateral embolisation of renal arteries and subsequent continuous renal replacement therapy.
authors.affiliation: Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny w Warszawie, CSK MON, Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych, Nefrologii i Dializoterapii, Poland. nefron1@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prokopiuk-Wierzbicka
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wierzbicki
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perkowska-Ptasińska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brzozowski
authors.forename: Zofia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wańkowicz
mesh_terms: D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012077:Renal Artery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome