The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by minimal-change glomerulonephritis:
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99).
- Pulmonary embolism – occlusion of pulmonary vessels due to a detached thrombus.
- Thrombosis (vein occlusion)
Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – sex organs) (N00-N99)
- Nephrotic syndrome – collective term for symptoms that occur in various diseases of the glomerulus (renal corpuscles); symptoms include: Proteinuria (increased excretion of protein in the urine) with protein loss greater than 1 g/m²/body surface area per day; hypoproteinemia, peripheral edema (water retention) due to serum hypalbuminemia of < 2.5 g/dL, hyperlipoproteinemia (dyslipidemia) with LDL elevation.
- Renal failure with dialysis requirement or need for kidney transplantation.
