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Chemotherapeutic agents of direct cell damage play a role in initiating thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), however still being underdiagnosed. Decitabine (DAC) is a pyrimidine analogue of the nucleoside cytidine, which can lead to injury to endothelium. Biopsy-proven DAC-induced kidney injury is rare. A 47-year-old Chinese man with membranous nephropathy presented recurrent edema and acute kidney injury after a 3-day course of low dose DAC infusion because of cyclophosphamide-relating thrombocytopenia. Laboratory data revealed nephrotic syndrome, hematuria,
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