Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in atypical polycystic kidney disease
- Eun Hui Bae1, Hyunsuk Kim2, Sung Sun Kim3, Seong Kwon Ma1, Soo Wan Kim1
- Received July 22, 2016; Revised July 22, 2016; Accepted July 22, 2016;
A 77-year-old man presented complaining of generalized edema for 1 week. He had hypertension and polycystic kidney disease (PKD), which was diagnosed 45 years ago. Blood and urine tests showed low serum albumin (2.3 g/dL) and severe proteinuria (6.38 g/day). Abdominal computed tomography revealed multiple cysts with thin wall calcification in the left kidney, and several cysts in the right kidney and the liver (Fig. 1). Ultrasonography-guided percutaneous renal biopsy for the right kidney revealed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (Fig. 2). The patient was prescribed diuretics, an angiotensin receptor blocker, aspirin, statin, a β blocker, and an aldosterone antagonist. One month after starting the medicines, he showed improved symptoms and laboratory findings (serum albumin, 3.2 g/dL; urine albumin excretion, 654.8 mg/g creatinine), which further improved after another 3 months (serum albumin, 3.8 g/dL; urine albumin excretion, 128.4 mg/g creatinine).
Nephrotic syndrome is a rare coincidence in atypical PKD. Percutaneous renal biopsy can be performed in selected patients.
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- Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgments
This study was supported by a grant (CRI13903-21) from the Chonnam National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute.
