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

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

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / complications*
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Pandemics
  • SARS-CoV-2