Acute renal failure due to nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis following binge drinking.
Nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis is an important but under-recognized cause of acute renal failure. In alcoholics, rhabdomyolysis most frequently develop following muscle necrosis during alcohol-induced coma, but has also been described rarely in those without prolonged coma or seizures. We describe a patient who developed myoglobinuric acute renal failure requiring dialysis following binge drinking in the absence of convulsions or coma. The renal biopsy showed acute tubular necrosis with pigment casts.
Muthukumar
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Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Jha
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Sud
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Wanchoo
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Bambery
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Sakhuja
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001706:Biopsy; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000506:poisoning*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol