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Villous Adenoma: A Rare Cause of Neural Epidermal Growth Factor-Like 1-Positive Membranous Nephropathy

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We report the case of a 70-year-old woman diagnosed with neural epidermal growth factor-like 1 antigen-positive membranous nephropathy and nephrotic syndrome. Following thorough exclusion of autoimmune diseases, medications, or infections as potential causes, colonoscopy was performed as part of malignancy evaluation, revealing an 18 mm villous adenoma in the sigmoid colon and a 7 mm tubulovillous adenoma in the cecum. Despite the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms initially and the absence of high-grade dysplasia in the pathology report, the patient experienced a remarkable improvement in symptoms and a reduction in nephrotic-range proteinuria following polypectomy, observed within a few months.

Source: ACG Case Reports Journal

DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001478

Authors: Rangesh Modi, Gloria Erazo, Reddy Anand

Institutions: University of Chicago, University of Chicago Medical Center, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Language: English

Topic: Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies

Subfield: Nephrology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4402022926

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