27 March 2021
: Case report 
Minimal Change Disease After Elective Surgical Abortion: A Case Report
Unusual clinical course, Rare disease
Sheldon Greenberg1ABCDEF*, Kundan R. Jana1ABCDEF, Kalyana C. Janga1ABCDEF, Kamlesh Kumar1BDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.930292
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e930292
Table 1. Laboratory values of the patient at admission and at follow-up.
| At the time of abortion | At admission | 1-week follow-Up | 4-week follow-up | 12-week follow-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight, kg | 76.7 | 100.7 | 104.3 | 81.6 | 70.3 | |
| Total protein, g/dL | 6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 7.2 | |
| Albumin, g/dL | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.1 | |
| Renal indices | Creatinine, mg/dL | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| BUN, mg/dL | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 18 | |
| Urine protein creatinine ratio | 6.0 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.03 | ||
| Serology | Anti-dsDNA, IU/mL | |||||
| Anti-GBM antibody, AI) | ||||||
| C3, mg/dL | 132 | |||||
| C4, mg/dL | 26 | |||||
| Lipid panel | Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 452 | 243 | 150 | ||
| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 345 | 207 | 110 | |||
| LDL, mg/dL | 292 | 144 | 75 | |||
| Liver function tests | AST, IU/L | 24 | 30 | |||
| ALT, IU/L | 29 | 23 | ||||
| ALP, IU/L | 76 | 66 | ||||
| Bilirubin, mg/dL | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||
| Coagulation profile | PT, s | 10.3 | ||||
| PTT, s | 34.1 | |||||
| INR | 0.9 | |||||
| Platelet count/μL | 233 000 | 259 000 | ||||
| AI – antibody index; ALP – alkaline phosphatase; ALT – alanine transaminase; AST – aspartate transaminase; BUN – blood urea nitrogen; dsDNA – double-stranded DNA; GBM – glomerular basement membrane; INR – international normalized ratio; LDL – low-density lipoprotein; PT – prothrombin time; PTT – activated partial thromboplastin time. | ||||||