Acute renal failure and myalgia in a transplant patient.
A 64-yr-old man with kidney transplant for ESRD as a result of diabetic nephropathy presented with acute renal failure, weakness, myalgia, and pigmented urine. His medications included mycophenolate, cyclosporine, prednisone, furosemide, diltiazem, aspirin, simvastatin, an angiotensin receptor blocker, and insulin. A renal biopsy was performed. Pathologic findings and differential diagnosis are discussed, and the literature is reviewed.
Najafian
Behzad
B
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2561, USA.
Franklin
Donald B
DB
Fogo
Agnes B
AB
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000150:complications*