title: Acute kidney injury secondary to lymphomatous infiltration and the role of kidney biopsy.
abstract: We report a 47-year-old male patient who developed acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis, associated with massive enlargement of both kidneys. A part from intra-abdominal lymphadenopathy, there was no other organ or lymph node involvement. A kidney biopsy established the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The patient received chemotherapy with good response. This case demonstrates that the kidney could be the primary organ involved in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In addition, we have shown that renal biopsy is adequate to make a diagnosis of lymphoma without the need to do more invasive testing.
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, Dhahran Health Center, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ahmed.khunaizi@aramco.com
authors.forename: Ahmed M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alkhunaizi
authors.forename: Riyadh A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Daabil
authors.forename: Mohammad F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Dawamneh
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged