ANASARCA AND HYPOPROTEINEMIA IN RETICULUM CELL SARCOMA
Authors: K H KILBURN, H BROWN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 November 1958ANASARCA AND HYPOPROTEINEMIA IN RETICULUM CELL SARCOMAKAYE H. KILBURN, HAROLD BROWNKAYE H. KILBURNSearch for more papers by this author, HAROLD BROWNSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-5-1257 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONDuring the course of treatment of a patient with reticulum cell sarcoma, a reversible syndrome consisting of anasarca and hypoproteinemia but without proteinuria was observed. Because this syndrome has not been reported previously in subjects with reticulum cell sarcoma, it is thought that the results of studies of liver and kidney function and the postmortem finding in this case merit a brief report.CASE REPORTA 31 year old milk route salesman entered the Salt Lake Veterans Administration Hospital on June 6, 1955, because of subcutaneous nodules of three months' duration. He had been in good health until December,...Bibliography1. BradleyTyson SC: The nephrotic syndrome, New England J. Med. 238: 223-227, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. ThompsonMcQuarrieBell WHIET: Edema associated with hypogenesis of serum proteins and atrophic changes in the liver, J. Pediat. 9: 604-619, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. IllingworthFinch RSE: Chronic generalized oedema and hypoproteinemia of obscure origin, Arch. Dis. Childhood 29: 507-512, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. AlbrightBartterForbes FFCAP: The fate of human serum albumin administered intravenously to a patient with idiopathic hypoalbuminemia and hypoglobulinemia, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 62: 204-213, 1949. Google Scholar5. UlstromSmithHeimlich RANJEM: Transient dysproteinemia in infants, a new syndrome, Am. J. Dis. Child. 92: 219-253, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SchwartzThomsen MB: Idiopathic or hypercatabolic hypoproteinemia, Brit. M. J. 1: 14-17, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. SturgeonBrubaker PC: A syndrome characterized by hypocupremia, iron deficiency anemia and hypoproteinemia, Am. J. Dis. Child. 92: 254-265, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. IllingworthFinch RSE: Temporary generalized oedema of obscure origin, Arch. Dis. Childhood 29: 513-515, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. RenoldCrabbéHernando-AvendanoNelsonRossEmersonThorn AEJLDHEJKGW: Inhibition of aldosterone secretion by amphenone in man, New England J. Med. 256: 16-21, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Freifeld SE: Lymphoblastoma of the kidney, Radiology 46: 507-510, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. MerrillJackson DH: Renal complications of leukemia, New England J. Med. 228: 271-276, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. WhiteBurns RJEL: Fatal acute lymphoblastic leukemia with great enlargement of the kidneys in an infant 3 weeks old, Am. J. Dis. Child. 41: 866-870, 1931. Google Scholar13. WentzellBerkheiser RASW: Malignant lymphomatosis of the kidney, J. Urol. 74: 177-185, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. Bogart FB: Leukosarcoma, Am. J. Roentgenol. 55: 743-753, 1946. Google Scholar15. Scribner FP: Report of a case of lymphosarcoma, New England J. Med. 206: 736-737, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. OdellPopp HMWC: Lymphoblastoma with signs of renal involvement improved by roentgen therapy, Radiology 31: 687-692, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication May 21, 1957.From the Veterans Administration Hospital and the Departments of Pathology and Medicine of the University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Kaye H. Kilburn, M.D., Laboratory Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, 12th Ave. and E St., Salt Lake City, Utah. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRenal lesions associated with malignant lymphomasReticulum Cell Sarcoma of the Small Intestine in Childhood 1 November 1958Volume 49, Issue 5Page: 1257-1266KeywordsEdemaHospital medicineHypoproteinemiaMilkPatientsProteinsProteinuriaRenal circulationSaltsSarcoma Issue Published: 1 November 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...