João Oliveira
1* 
, Inês Sala
1 , Joana Freitas
1 , Joana Tavares
1 , Sofia Santos
1, Andreia Campos
1 , Josefina Santos Lascasas
1 , Teresa Mendonça
2 , António Cabrita
1 1 Department of Nephrology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Portugal
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Portugal
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: This case illustrates the clinical course, diagnostic challenge and management difficulties associated with adult-onset severe nephrotic syndrome secondary to diffuse podocytopathy, with needs for bilateral nephrectomy as a last resource of therapeutic measure.
Please cite this paper as: Oliveira J, Sala I , Freitas J, Tavares J, Santos S, Campos A, Santos Lascasas J, Mendonça T, Cabrita A. Refractory diffuse podocytopathy. J Nephropathol. 2023;12(2):e17314. DOI: 10.34172/jnp.2022.17314.