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Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome
Renal biopsy is one of the pivotal diagnostic tools used in the field of nephrology. A morphological analysis of the kidney may also be of value for the overall management of patients with diabetic nephropathy. However, the indications for renal biopsy differ considerably among nephrologists, and no...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25125989 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S16312 |
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author | Akimoto, Tetsu Otani, Naoko Takeshima, Eri Saito, Osamu Kusano, Eiji Nagata, Daisuke |
author_facet | Akimoto, Tetsu Otani, Naoko Takeshima, Eri Saito, Osamu Kusano, Eiji Nagata, Daisuke |
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description | Renal biopsy is one of the pivotal diagnostic tools used in the field of nephrology. A morphological analysis of the kidney may also be of value for the overall management of patients with diabetic nephropathy. However, the indications for renal biopsy differ considerably among nephrologists, and no global consensus regarding performing this procedure among diabetic patients with various renal manifestations has yet been achieved. In this report, we would like to describe our serendipitous experience with a male type 2 diabetic patient presenting with nephrotic syndrome complicated by concurrent gastric carcinoma. We also discuss several conundrums that arose in the current case, which had an impact on our diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. |
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spelling | pubmed-41254212014-08-14 Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome Akimoto, Tetsu Otani, Naoko Takeshima, Eri Saito, Osamu Kusano, Eiji Nagata, Daisuke Clin Med Insights Case Rep Case Report Renal biopsy is one of the pivotal diagnostic tools used in the field of nephrology. A morphological analysis of the kidney may also be of value for the overall management of patients with diabetic nephropathy. However, the indications for renal biopsy differ considerably among nephrologists, and no global consensus regarding performing this procedure among diabetic patients with various renal manifestations has yet been achieved. In this report, we would like to describe our serendipitous experience with a male type 2 diabetic patient presenting with nephrotic syndrome complicated by concurrent gastric carcinoma. We also discuss several conundrums that arose in the current case, which had an impact on our diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. Libertas Academica 2014-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4125421/ /pubmed/25125989 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S16312 Text en © 2014 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article published under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Akimoto, Tetsu Otani, Naoko Takeshima, Eri Saito, Osamu Kusano, Eiji Nagata, Daisuke Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome |
title | Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome |
title_full | Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome |
title_fullStr | Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome |
title_short | Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome |
title_sort | do we have to perform a renal biopsy? clinical dilemmas in a case with nephrotic syndrome |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25125989 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S16312 |
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