MINIMAL CHANGE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME-ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRARENAL NEURILEMOMA

Nephrotic syndrome may be associated not only with malignant neoplasia , but also rarely with benign solid tumours, Here we report a case of a young woman suffering from nephrotic syndrome, histologically classe d as a minimal change glomerular lesion, associated with a posterior m ediastinal neurilemmoma (ancient neurilemmoma), Surgical removal of th e tumour led to complete cure of the nephrotic syndrome with total sym ptomatic improvement within 6 months, Scanning of the literature revea led only one case report of an association of spinal neurilemmoma with nephrotic syndrome.