Proteinuria

Findings from Keio University, Medical Department provide new insights into proteinuria

Published in Gastroenterology Week, November 24th, 2008

"Amiodarone is an anti-arrhythmic drug for life-threatening tachycardia, but various adverse effects have been reported. Reported herein is an autopsy case of valvular heart disease, in a patient who developed a lung mass (1.5 cm in diameter) and proteinuria (2.76 g/day) after treatment with amiodarone for a long time," scientists writing in the journal Pathology International report.

"The lung mass was highly suspected to be lung cancer on CT and positron emission tomography, but histologically the lesion was composed of lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates in alveolar walls and intra-alveolar accumulation of foamy macrophages containing characteristic myelinoid...

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Source: Gastroenterology Week (2008-11-24)

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