Nephropathy subsequent to hyperlipidemia

The relationship between lipid abnormalities and the pathogenesis of renal disease is still unclear. Although most patients with primary hyperlipidemi a do not develop renal function impairment, experimental and clinical data indicate a possible damaging effect of a disturbed lipid metabolism on the kidney. We report the case history of a patient with hyperlipidemia and mil d nephropathy in which an accidentally removed kidney showed intrarenal art eriosclerosis which occured before the development of other cardiovascular risk factors, indicating that primary dyslipidemia induced nephroangioscler osis.