Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association

Nephrotic syndrome is an uncommon complication of tetralogy of Fallot and has been rarely reported in pediatric population. We describe a 4-year-old female Congolese child who was referred for investigation for persistent dyspnea, edema, and cyanosis and nephrotic range proteinuria. Our patient pres...

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Autores principales: Ekulu, Pépé Mfutu, Kazadi-wa-Kazadi, Orly, Lumbala, Paul Kabuyi, Aloni, Michel Ntetani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/128409
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author Ekulu, Pépé Mfutu
Kazadi-wa-Kazadi, Orly
Lumbala, Paul Kabuyi
Aloni, Michel Ntetani
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Lumbala, Paul Kabuyi
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description Nephrotic syndrome is an uncommon complication of tetralogy of Fallot and has been rarely reported in pediatric population. We describe a 4-year-old female Congolese child who was referred for investigation for persistent dyspnea, edema, and cyanosis and nephrotic range proteinuria. Our patient presented with a tetralogy of Fallot and nephrotic syndrome. Conclusion. This case reminds us that children with tetralogy of Fallot may develop nephrotic proteinuria.
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spelling pubmed-45480702015-09-07 Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association Ekulu, Pépé Mfutu Kazadi-wa-Kazadi, Orly Lumbala, Paul Kabuyi Aloni, Michel Ntetani Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Nephrotic syndrome is an uncommon complication of tetralogy of Fallot and has been rarely reported in pediatric population. We describe a 4-year-old female Congolese child who was referred for investigation for persistent dyspnea, edema, and cyanosis and nephrotic range proteinuria. Our patient presented with a tetralogy of Fallot and nephrotic syndrome. Conclusion. This case reminds us that children with tetralogy of Fallot may develop nephrotic proteinuria. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4548070/ /pubmed/26347842 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/128409 Text en Copyright © 2015 Pépé Mfutu Ekulu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Ekulu, Pépé Mfutu
Kazadi-wa-Kazadi, Orly
Lumbala, Paul Kabuyi
Aloni, Michel Ntetani
Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association
title Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association
title_full Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association
title_fullStr Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association
title_full_unstemmed Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association
title_short Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association
title_sort nephrotic syndrome in a child suffering from tetralogy of fallot: a rare association
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/128409
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