title: Acute renal failure as presentation of a Burkitt's lymphoma.
abstract: Acute renal failure due to diffuse renal infiltration is rarely the presenting manifestation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We report a patient with acute renal failure secondary to diffuse bilateral renal infiltration by a Burkitt's lymphoma. The presence of bilateral renal enlargement, an elevated serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and lymphopenia should suggest the diagnosis, which can be confirmed by renal biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, the Department of Internal Medicine, the Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain. jgomezmartinoa@senefro.org
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Castellano
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gómez-Martino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Covarsí
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bergua
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: González
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D008231:Lymphopenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase