Acute renal failure in sickle cell trait.
Acute renal failure and a syndrome characteristic of acute renal vein thrombosis developed in a patient with sickle trait and gram-negative bacteremia. It is suggested that intrarenal vaso-occlusion by sickled erythrocytes produced signs and symptoms typical of renal vein thrombosis and contributed to the severity of the acute renal failure.
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009846:Oliguria / Q000209:etiology; D012082:Renal Veins; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*