A constellation of clinical and laboratory features of renal disease defined by heavy proteinuria with bland urinary sediment, hypoalbuminemia, and peripheral edema. Heavy proteinuria is defined as >3.5 g/24 hours, and hypoalbuminemia as an albumin level <3 g/dL. Patients often have associated hyperlipidemia and thrombotic disease. Patients with loss-of-function mutations in sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase may have nephrosis with ichthyosis and adrenal insufficiency.
Nephrotic syndrome is often secondary to systemic disease including diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), membranous nephropathy, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, minimal-change disease, amyloidosis (AA, AL), and other rare etiologies.
Nephrotic syndrome
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Synopsis
Codes
ICD10CM:
N04.9 – Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes
SNOMEDCT:
52254009 – Nephrotic syndrome
N04.9 – Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes
SNOMEDCT:
52254009 – Nephrotic syndrome
Differential Diagnosis & Pitfalls
As this is a syndrome, there is no differential diagnosis of this entity. The differential diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome is included in the synopsis.
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Last Updated:01/20/2022