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The Case | Reversible rapidly progressive renal failure with loss of vision.

Authors :
Ramachandran, Raja
Rathi, Manish
Nada, Ritambhra
Gupta, Vishali
Gorsi, Ujjwal
Sharma, Kusum
Jha, Vivekanand
Source :
Kidney International. Jul2013, Vol. 84 Issue 1, p219-220. 2p.
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

The article presents a case study of a 23-year old man who has fever, shortness of breath and progressive blurring of vision over one week. His light microscopic examination of the kidney tissue shows multiple confluent necrotizing epitheloid cell granulomas that are replacing tubules. He was given a four-drug antituberculosis treatment which helped restore his vision. The article discusses acute interstitial nephritis which accounts for 15-25% of biopsies done for acute kidney injury patients.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00852538
Volume :
84
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Kidney International
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
88798968
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2013.27