Renal failure, glomerulonephritis and morbid obesity: improvement after rapid weight loss following laparoscopic gastric bypass.
Soto FC, Higa-Sansone G, Copley JB, Berho M, Kennedy C, LoMenzo E, Podkameni D, Szomstein S, Rosenthal RJ.
The Bariatric Institute and Department of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL 33331, USA.
There is experimental evidence but very few human studies that suggest a role for obesity in the formation and progression of some glomerular lesions. We report the case of a morbidly obese male with hematuria and proteinuria that was subsequently diagnosed with renal failure which required dialysis. Histological findings of the renal biopsy performed during a laparoscopic gastric bypass are presented. His renal failure resolved with the weight loss.
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PMID: 15760513 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]