Pulmonary Embolism Revealing Idiopathic Membranous Glomerulonephritis

A. Hamzaoui; O. Harzallah; R. Klii; L. Njim; S. Mahjoub

doi:10.1155/2010/683652

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2010)

Pulmonary Embolism Revealing Idiopathic Membranous Glomerulonephritis

A. Hamzaoui,
O. Harzallah,
R. Klii,
L. Njim,
S. Mahjoub

Affiliations

A. Hamzaoui: Departement of Internal Medicine, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
O. Harzallah: Departement of Internal Medicine, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
R. Klii: Departement of Internal Medicine, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
L. Njim: Department of Anatomopathology, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
S. Mahjoub: Departement of Internal Medicine, Fattouma Bourguiba Hospital, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/683652
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2010

Abstract

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We describe a case of a 55-year-old man who presented with pulmonary embolism and who was found to have nephrotic syndrome due to idiopathic membranous nephropathy. There are no other signs of nephrotic syndrome such as edema.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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