Abstract
Ascites is common in patients with liver cirrhosis. It may present as a clinical manifestation in nephrotic syndrome in adults, typically with heart- or liver disease together with other oedema. We describe a 64-year-old male patient - with no liver or heart disease - with relapsing ascites and no other oedema, who was surprisingly diagnosed with primary membranous nephropathy (MN), and the autoantibody anti-PLA2R was positive. Through immunotherapy the ascites disappeared. Anti-PLA2R and anti-TSHD7A can be used in the diagnosis (primary/secondary MN) and may play a role in the treatment and prognosis.
| Translated title of the contribution | Primary membranous nephropathy presenting as relapsing ascites |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Article number | V12160922 |
| Journal | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
| Volume | 179 |
| Issue number | 30 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| ISSN | 0041-5782 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |