Acute viral hepatitis, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and prolonged acute renal failure: a case report.
A 10-year-old boy with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency developed acute renal failure during the icteric phase of non-fulminant hepatitis A infection. He needed peritoneal dialysis for 54 days. Acute tubular necrosis was confirmed by percutaneous renal biopsy. He had complete recovery of his renal function when he was discharged.
al-Rasheed
S A
SA
Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
al-Mugeiren
M M
MM
al-Salloum
A A
AA
al-Fawaz
I M
IM
al-Sohaibani
M O
MO
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D007683:Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D012529:Saudi Arabia