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Membranous nephropathy associated with ovarian tumour in a young girl: recovery after removal

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We report a 7-year-old girl who presented with membranous glomerulonephritis and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in association with a benign ovarian tumour. Surgical excision of the tumor led to complete disappearance of the proteinuria within 2 weeks. Tumour-associated membranous nephropathy in children is rare, as a review of the literature shows.

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Abbreviations

CEA:

carcino embryonic antigen

NCA:

non-specific cross-reacting antigen

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  1. Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Trousseau, 26 avenue du Docteur Arnold Netter, F-75012, Paris, France

    P. Beauvais

  2. Service de Pédiatrie, St. Quentin, France

    G. Vaudour

  3. Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologie, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France

    L. Boccon Gibod

  4. Inserm U155, Paris, France

    M. Levy

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Beauvais, P., Vaudour, G., Gibod, L.B. et al. Membranous nephropathy associated with ovarian tumour in a young girl: recovery after removal. Eur J Pediatr 148, 624–625 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441515

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