Minimal Change Disease After Elective Surgical Abortion: A Case Report

27 March 2021: Articles

Unusual clinical course, Rare disease

Sheldon Greenberg ^A* , Kundan R. Jana ^A , Kalyana C. Janga ^A , Kamlesh Kumar ^B

DOI: 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.