[Case of an immigrant with Balkan endemic nefropathy].

The author describes a female patient with Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) born in a non-endemic village of Sofia district, who at the age of 23, after her marriage, emigrated to an endemic village of Vratza district and after living 38 years in that village, got sick and died. The case was confirmed pathohisto-morphologically. The case is a contribution to the clinical development of BEN and solves definitely the problem that emigrants suffer that disease after a long period living in an endemic settlement.