title: Hyperoxaluria: an underestimated cause of rapidly progressive renal failure.
abstract: Hyperoxaluria is rarely considered as a cause of rapidly progressive renal failure. A case is reported of a patient in whom rapidly renal failure developed after subtotal small bowel resection. A diagnosis of calcium oxalate deposits nephropathy was confirmed by renal biopsy. This cause of renal failure may be underestimated and should be systematically searched for in all patients with malabsorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain 5530-Yvoir, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tintillier
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pochet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blackburn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delgrange
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Donckier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018450:Disease Progression; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006959:Hyperoxaluria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016482:Urinalysis