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Case Reports
. 2021 Jan;36(1):205-207.
doi: 10.1007/s00467-020-04724-y. Epub 2020 Aug 27.

COVID-19 associated with onset nephrotic syndrome in a pediatric patient: coincidence or related conditions?

Amado Alvarado  1 , Gabriela Franceschi  1 , Evelin Resplandor  1 , Jeannethe Sumba  1 , Nelson Orta  2
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COVID-19 associated with onset nephrotic syndrome in a pediatric patient: coincidence or related conditions?

Amado Alvarado et al. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is less frequent in children than in adults and affects the former less severely; despite the fact that respiratory symptoms are the most frequent, in some cases unusual manifestations can be seen.

Case-diagnosis: We present a 15-year-old boy who tested positive for SARS-COV-2 infection and onset of nephrotic syndrome, without antecedent of kidney disease and who had normal urine tests shortly before being affected by COVID-19.

Conclusions: The patient described in this report, who was admitted due to nephrotic syndrome and respiratory syndrome, tested positive for COVID-19. He, based on the data review by the researchers, is the first reported case of COVID-19 with simultaneous onset of complete picture of nephrotic syndrome. The presence of both diagnoses could be a coincidence or an unusual form of presentation of COVID-19.

Keywords: Adolescent; Covid-19; Nephrotic syndrome; Proteinuria; SARS-COV-2.

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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