DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg218

Supported by an educational grant from A renal biopsy yields sight as well as insight A 34-year-old woman presented with periorbital oedema and progressive visual loss. Periorbital oedema was first observed 2 weeks before admission, particularly in the mornings. Visual loss started 5 days prior to admission. The patient was born in Thailand. She had a renal disease of unknown origin in 1974 and was treated for malaria in 1975. She has an 11-year-old healthy son and has lived in Germany since 1996. The patient was normal, except for pronounced periorbital oedema and bilateral con-junctivitis. Minor cutaneous changes included macu-lopapular eruptions with fine scaling over the bridge of the nose and some residual hyperpigmentation