Clinical and pathological study of Kimura's disease with renal involvement.
Conclusions: Mesangial proliferation, eosinophilic infiltration and podocyte confusion are prominent histological features of this cohort of patients. Patients are sensitive to prednisone therapy but apt to relapse. Lymphoidectomy can be helpful to prevent relapse.
PMID: 18651541 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)