Clinically silent progressive renal tubulointerstitial disease during cisplatin chemotherapy.
BACKGROUND
Chronic cisplatin nephrotoxicity is well documented in animal models but not well characterized in humans. The authors report a 56-year-old woman who had end-stage chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathy develop during treatment with multiple courses of cisplatin chemotherapy for ovarian carcinoma.


METHODS
A biopsy was performed to determine the etiology of renal failure, and the morphologic, immunofluorescent, and ultrastructural findings were analyzed to identify possible causes, other than cisplatin, of chronic renal disease.


RESULTS
Morphologic studies showed extensive renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis with relative sparing of glomeruli.


CONCLUSIONS
Profound, progressive renal injury occurred during cisplatin treatment despite adherence to treatment protocols designed to minimize such toxicity. Renal injury was undetected by pretreatment serum creatinine determinations. This case and others emphasize the relative insensitivity of this test for chronic renal damage during treatment with nephrotoxic drugs.
Department of Pathology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007683:Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000187:drug effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
D016572:Cyclosporine; D003404:Creatinine; D002945:Cisplatin