[Clinical characteristics of adult-onset minimal change nephrotic syndrome in our hospital].

Objective: Few findings are available regarding adult-onset minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) with respect to the disease course and complications, such as acute kidney injury (AKI). We therefore performed a retrospective review to characterize the clinical presentations, steroid responsiveness and complications of adult-onset MCNS patients in our hospital.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 40 cases of idiopathic adult-onset MCNS who had been investigated and treated at a single center.

[Case of mixed connective tissue disease complicated with sarcoidosis and central diabetes insipidus].

In 2003, a 64-year-old woman was diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease and treated with oral prednisolone (30 mg/day). The prednisolone dose was gradually decreased, and a dose of 5 mg/day had been maintained since 2004. In 2009, she gradually developed vision loss, malaise, anorexia, and throat pain due to hydrodipsia.