Acute interstitial nephritis after cocaine sniffing.
We report the case of a 42-year-old man who developed biopsy-confirmed acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) after cocaine sniffing. He required a few hemodialysis sessions but fully recovered within 3 weeks after cocaine withdrawal and a short course of corticosteroids. AIN should be recognized as a potential cause of acute renal failure in cocaine users, and a history of cocaine use should be carefully elicited in patients with unexplained AIN.
Decelle
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Department of Internal Medicine, Universitaires Saint-Luc, Universit6écatholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Cosyns
J P
JP
Georges
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B
Jadoul
M
M
Lefebvre
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C
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy