Causes of Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) | |
| SYSTEMIC CAUSES | GLOMERULAR DISEASE |
|---|---|
| Diabetes mellitus, SLE, amyloidosis, HIV-associated nephropathy | Membranous Minimal change disease |
| Drugs: gold, penicillamine, probenecid, street heroin, NSAIDs, pamidronate, interferons | Focal glomerulosclerosis |
| Infections: bacterial endocarditis, hepatitis B, shunt infections, syphilis, malaria, hepatic schistosomiasis | Membranoproliferative GN |
| Malignancy: multiple myeloma, light chain deposition disease, Hodgkin's and other lymphomas, leukemia, carcinoma of breast and GI tract | Mesangioproliferative GN Immunotactoid and fibrillary GN |