DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS FOR NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
Primary Glomerular Diseases
Minimal Change Disease
Mesangial Proliferative Glomerulonephritis
Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Membranous Glomerulonephritis
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
Type I
Type II
Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
Focal and Segmental Proliferative Glomerulonephritis
Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis
Immunotactoid Glomerulonephritis
Secondary Causes
Infections
Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis
Leprosy
HIV
Malaria
Medications
Organic Gold
Mercury
Penicillamine
Street Heroin
NSAIDs
Probenecid
Captopril
Contrast Media
Neoplasia
Lymphomas
Leukemia
Carcinoma
Melanoma
Wilms Tumor
Systemic Diseases
Vasculitis
Dermatomyositis
Sickle Cell Disease
Fabrys Disease
Other
Toxemia
Thyroiditis
Myxedema
Renovascular Hypertension (Renal Artery Stenosis)