Development of the nephrotic syndrome in a patient with prostatic carcinoma.

Various malignancies have been associated with the nephrotic syndrome. The nephrotic syndrome developed in a 66-year-old man with metastatic prostatic carcinoma. Renal biopsy revealed membranous glomerulonephritis. This may be the first reported case of a clear association of prostatic carcinoma with biopsy-proved membranous glomerulonephritis.