title: Renal cortical necrosis: A rare complication of Plasmodium vivax malaria.
abstract: A young female with Plasmodium vivax malaria presented with anemia, hyperbilirubinemia, thrombocytopenia, and advanced renal failure. She remained anuric for more than 3 weeks. Kidney biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of acute cortical necrosis. During follow-up, she became dialysis independent, but remained in stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) at 3 month. P. vivax is supposed to be benign in nature, but can lead to rare and severe complication like renal cortical necrosis and progress to CKD.
authors.affiliation: Senior Residents, Department of Nephrology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Senior Residents, Department of Nephrology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Senior Residents, Department of Nephrology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jhorawat
authors.affiliation: Senior Residents, Department of Nephrology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Kimmatkar
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Nephrology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malhotra
keywords: Acute kidney injury; Plasmodium vivax; malaria; renal cortical necrosis