Bilateral ureteral obstruction due to uric acid stones in association with immune hemolytic anemia.
Bilateral ureteral obstruction from uric acid stones developed in a patient with severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia at a time of hemolytic crisis. She had an underlying lymphoma that was clinically inapparent. Patients with severe autoimmune hemolysis should be considered at risk for complications related to excess uric acid.
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications; D012306:Risk; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000032:analysis
D014527:Uric Acid