title: Acute renal failure associated with nonfulminant hepatitis A virus infection.
abstract: Hepatitis A is usually a mild self-limiting infection of the liver. Nonfulminant acute renal failure very rarely complicates type A viral hepatitis. An unusual case, a 32-year-old female with serologically proven acute hepatitis A infection, was complicated by acute renal failure and the patient in this study is the first case associated with Cushing's disease. She recovered, and the laboratory tests returned normal one month after initial hospitalization. Although the mechanism responsible for renal failure in acute hepatitis A virus infection is still uncertain, possible causes are discussed with the review of literature.
authors.affiliation: University of Istanbul, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine Department, Endocrinology and Metabolism Division, Istanbul, Turkey. mineadas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adaş
authors.forename: Refik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanakol
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yarman
authors.forename: Harika
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boztepe
authors.forename: Tevfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ecder
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alagol
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans