Nephrotic Syndrome Associated with Lung Cancer: A Rare Case of Malignancy Associated with AA Amyloidosis.

Case Rep Nephrol

Department of Nephrology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.

Published: February 2014

Nonhematologic malignancies are rarely reported to be associated with AA amyloidosis. Although the association between renal cell carcinoma and systemic AA amyloidosis has been established, the evidence linking pulmonary cancer to AA amyloidosis is scarce. Here, a case of biopsy-proven renal AA amyloidosis complicated with nephrotic syndrome associated with lung carcinoma is reported.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914250PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/831903DOI Listing

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