Renal cortical nephrocalcinosis following acute renal failure due to polytrauma.
Renal cortical nephrocalcinosis is a rare condition in which there is calcification within the renal parenchyma. This article reports a 33-year-old patient who developed acute renal failure following multiple injuries leading to hemorrhagic shock. His renal failure improved gradually, though he required dialysis support for two months. Serial ultrasounds showed a progressive decrease in renal size, and a radiograph of the abdomen showed speckled calcification in both renal areas. A CT scan of abdomen showed diffuse cortical calcification involving the entire right kidney and upper half of the left kidney.
Hooda
Ashok K
AK
Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi, India. ashokhooda@hotmail.com
Narula
Ajit S
AS
Raychaudhury
Nikhilesh
N
Chatterji
Samar
S
D000058:Accidental Falls; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D009397:Nephrocalcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed