Snake bite complicated by acute kidney injury secondary to necrotizing glomerulonephritis.
We present a 38-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with complaints of a snake bite. He developed acute kidney injury (AKI) and the kidney biopsy showed necrotizing glomerulonephritis, which is rarely reported in AKI after snake bite.
Department of Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad A
MA
Al Qahtani
Abdulrahman
A
Altheaby
T
T
Al Anazi
Khaled
K
Al Saad
S
S
Binsalih
Mohammed
M
Al Helail
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010949:Plasma; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000997:Antivenins