ACUTE REVERSIBLE RENAL-FAILURE IN A PATIENT WITH PAROXYSMAL-NOCTURNALHEMOGLOBINURIA

Citation
A. Mooraki et al., ACUTE REVERSIBLE RENAL-FAILURE IN A PATIENT WITH PAROXYSMAL-NOCTURNALHEMOGLOBINURIA, Clinical nephrology, 50(4), 1998, pp. 255-257
Citations number
12
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0301-0430
Volume
50
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
255 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0430(1998)50:4<255:ARRIAP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We present the case of a young male with 2-month history of intermitte nt upper abdominal pain who developed diarrhea, anorexia, tea-color ur ine, and decreased urine output. He was found to be in severe acute re nal failure requiring hemodialysis, four sessions in 10-day period. By the end of the second week of hospitalization renal function graduall y improved with total recovery of function to a baseline creatinine of 1.1 mg/dl 25 days after the diagnosis of acute renal failure. His wor kup included Ham's test, water sugar test, and RBC fragility test whic h confirmed the diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.