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Steroid-sensitive anemia in a boy on dialysis – an association with Kimura disease

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The cause of hypereosinophilia (EO) in hemodialysis (HD) patients is multifactorial and is felt to be a benign laboratory abnormality related to dialysis or uremia. Kimura disease (KD) is an angiolymphoid proliferative disorder of unknown etiology. Many cases are associated with nephrotic syndrome in children; however, it has seldom been reported in children on dialysis. We report here a 13-year-old boy who developed persistent EO and subsequent anemia after maintenance HD; he later developed KD. The atypical clinical manifestation of KD and its relationship to HD and erythropoietin hyposensitive anemia in this patient are discussed.

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  1. Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5, Fu Hsing Street, Kuei-Shan Hsian, Taoyuan, Taiwan e-mail: a9651@ms4.hinet.net Tel.: +886-3-3281200, Fax: +886-3-3282173, , , , , , TW

    C.-C. Hung

  2. Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, , , , , , TW

    Chiz-Tzung Chang, Mai-Szu Wu & Chiu-Ching Huang

  3. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, , , , , , TW

    Pei-Lun Liao

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Received: 31 January 2000 / Revised: 20 April 2000 / Accepted: 20 April 2000

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Hung, CC., Liao, PL., Chang, CT. et al. Steroid-sensitive anemia in a boy on dialysis – an association with Kimura disease. Pediatr Nephrol 15, 183–185 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670000418

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