Korean J Nephrol.  2001 Sep;20(5):905-911.

Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome in a Patient with Type II Diabetic Mellitus and Review of the Literature

• Kim SY
• Park JY
• Lee KJ
• Song JH
• Lee SW
• Kim MJ
• Han JY

Abstract

Diabetic nephropathy is a clinical syndrome characterized by persistent albuminuria, a relentless decline in GFR and raised arterial blood pressure, and usually diagnosed on clinical grounds without a renal biopsy. Their renal injuries are irreversible and they become eventually end-stage renal disease. Recently, it has been reported that proteinuria are also induced by other causes, and some of the renal diseases was treatable. The detection of non-diabetic renal disease in diabetic patients by renal biopsy has the prognostic and therapeutic importance. We report a case of type II diabetic mellitus with minimal change nephrotic syndrome, and no evidence of diabetic glomerulosclerosis.

Keyword

Minimal change nephrotic syndrome; Non-diabetic renal disease; Type II diabetic mellitus

MeSH Terms

Biopsy