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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Main Authors:	Akimoto, Tetsu, Otani, Naoko, Takeshima, Eri, Saito, Osamu, Kusano, Eiji, Nagata, Daisuke
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Libertas Academica 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125421/

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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 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.
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author	Akimoto, Tetsu Otani, Naoko Takeshima, Eri Saito, Osamu Kusano, Eiji Nagata, Daisuke
spellingShingle	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
author_facet	Akimoto, Tetsu Otani, Naoko Takeshima, Eri Saito, Osamu Kusano, Eiji Nagata, Daisuke
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title	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_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_sort	do we have to perform a renal biopsy? clinical dilemmas in a case with nephrotic syndrome
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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Do We Have to Perform a Renal Biopsy? Clinical Dilemmas in a Case with Nephrotic Syndrome

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