Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Antibody Complexes in a Patient with Colonic Carcinoma and Nephrotic Syndrome

Abstract

THE association of the nephrotic syndrome and neoplasms is an uncommon one.1 2 3 4 5 6 The role of the neoplasm in the development of the nephrotic syndrome can be attributed in some cases to obvious tumor effects: renal amyloidosis or renal-vein thrombosis. In other cases, the relation is less clear. In the few cases of nephrotic syndrome and nonlymphomatous neoplasms that have been reported, the commonest histologic finding was membranous glomerulonephritis, whereas in those with malignant lymphoma, lipoid nephrosis was a more consistent finding.1 2 3 The pathogenesis of the renal lesion has been studied by immunofluorescent technics. Investigations by Ghosh,2 of a patient with . . .