Nephrol Dial Transplant Vol. 19 No. 10 © ERA-EDTA 2004; all rights reserved
Letter
Severe mesangiolysis in a patient exposed to glycol ether solvents
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Sir,
Toxic agents are known causes of mesangiolysis and the best examples are Habu snake venom and mitomycin C [1]. We describe a patient with mesangiolysis occurring during a period of glycol ether exposure.
Case. A 53-year-old man complained of peripheral paraesthesia. His history consisted of an 130/85
1 Department of Pathology Timone Hospital, Marseilles2 Department of Nephrology CHG Draguignan3 Department of Nephrology Necker Hospital Paris France Email: ldaniel@mail.ap-hm.fr