[Kimura's disease: an unrecognized cause of adult-onset nephrotic syndrome with minimal change disease]. / La maladie de Kimura: une cause méconnue de syndrome néphrotique à lésions glomérulaires minimes de l'adulte.

Kimura's disease (KD) is an angiolymphoid proliferative disorder of soft tissue with eosinophilia, with a predilection for head and neck regions in young Oriental men. Kidney disease is thought to be rare in KD. About a case of adult-onset nephrotic syndrome with minimal change disease, we comment Kimura's disease and its associated kidney damage. Kimura disease should be suspected and included in the diagnosis of adult-onset nephrotic syndrome with minimal change disease.