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. 2016 Dec 9;12(2):332–345. doi: 10.2215/CJN.05000516

Table 2.

Secondary causes of minimal change disease (1,11)

Allergy
 Pollen
 Dust
 Fungi
 Bee sting
 Cat fur
 Food allergens (cow’s milk, egg)
Malignancies
 Hodgkin disease
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
 Leukemia
 Multiple myeloma
 Thymoma
 Bronchogenic cancer
 Colon cancer
 Eosinophilic lymphoid granuloma (Kimura disease)
Drugs
 Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
 Salazopyrin
 D-penicillamine
 Mercury
 Gold
 Tiopronin
 Lithium
 Tyrosine-kinase inhibitors
Infections
 Viral
 Parasitic
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Autoimmune disorders
 SLE
 Diabetes mellitus
 Myasthenia gravis
 Autoimmune pancreatitis
 Celiac disease
 Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Immunizations