• Terapevt Arkh · Aug 2023

    Case Reports

    [Nephrotic syndrome during pregnancy. Is it chronic glomerulonephritis or preeclampsia? Case report].

    • M V Alekseeva, N L Kozlovskaya, Y V Korotchaeva, K A Demyanova, A G Chegodaeva, and S V Apresyan.
    • People's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University).
    • Terapevt Arkh. 2023 Aug 17; 95 (6): 500504500-504.

    AbstractNephrotic syndrome (NS) during pregnancy is a fairly rare pathology and its descriptions in the literature are few. For a long time, NS was associated only with an exacerbation of chronic glomerulonephritis or de novo nephritis, however, the experience of recent years has shown that NS can be a manifestation of the classical obstetric pathology - preeclampsia (PE). The appearance of massive proteinuria with the development of NS is most typical for early PE, which, of course, makes diagnosis difficult, especially if PE develops at an unusually early time (up to 20 weeks). To describe PE that does not fit into the classical criteria, the term "atypical" PE is now used, the development of which can be promoted by both obstetric and somatic risk factors. The presented clinical observation describes the development of early (within 14 weeks) severe PE with the NS at the onset of the disease in a patient with the first multiple pregnancy and complete hydatidiform mole (HM) of one of the fetuses. The progression of nephropathy with the addition of thrombotic microangiopathy and HELLP syndrome made it possible to assume the diagnosis of PE with a high probability. The rapid relief of all clinical manifestations after delivery confirmed this assumption. The role of HM as the main trigger of unusually early PE is discussed. Apparently, the patient's trophoblast disease in the form of hydatidiform mole caused the formation of a severe angiogenic imbalance already in the early stages of pregnancy, which led to the development of PE, which manifested NS as a consequence of podocytopathy due to VEGF deficiency. Thus, the development of NS in a pregnant patient without a history of kidney disease dictates, first of all, the exclusion of PE, until proven otherwise.

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