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- Title
Reversible Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome and Glomerular IgA Deposition Associated with Nonparenteral Heroin Abuse: A Case Report.
- Authors
Turgutalp, Kenan; Kiykim, Ahmet; Karabulut, Umit; Gursoy, Didar; Gurses, Iclal
- Abstract
Objective: To report for the first time a case of reversible minimal change nephrotic syndrome with immunoglobulin A (IgA) deposition associated with heroin. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 29-year-old male heroin abuser who developed nephrotic syndrome was admitted to our clinic. Renal biopsy revealed minimal change disease with IgA deposition. Because spontaneous complete remission was observed after cessation of heroin, a diagnosis of minimal change nephrotic syndrome with IgA deposition associated with heroin abuse was considered. Conclusion: This case showed minimal change nephrotic syndrome with IgA deposition that had a benign clinical course. Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
CASE studies; KIDNEY glomerulus diseases; KIDNEY diseases; NEPHROTOXICOLOGY; PROTEINURIA; HEROIN abuse
- Publication
Medical Principles & Practice, 2012, Vol 21, Issue 5, p492
- ISSN
1011-7571
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000337941