Rhabdomyolysis Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Unusual Association

Rhabdomyolysis is a potentially life-threatening syndrome that causes acute kidney injury. Association of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myoglobin induced acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is rarely reported in the literature. Here, we report a young male who was admitted with fever of unknown origin....

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Main Authors: Archana Chiniwalar, M Edwin Fernando, Suren Sujit, N D Srinivasa Prasad, K Thirumal Valavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2020;volume=31;issue=4;spage=877;epage=880;aulast=Chiniwalar
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author Archana Chiniwalar
M Edwin Fernando
Suren Sujit
N D Srinivasa Prasad
K Thirumal Valavan
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description Rhabdomyolysis is a potentially life-threatening syndrome that causes acute kidney injury. Association of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myoglobin induced acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is rarely reported in the literature. Here, we report a young male who was admitted with fever of unknown origin. Diagnosed to have AML with renal failure and subsequently succumbed to illness, whose post mortem renal biopsy confirmed myoglobin induced ATN.
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spelling doaj.art-455a06d157d94a35806a5ba7fe829cbc2022-12-21T19:05:02ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsSaudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation1319-24422020-01-0131487788010.4103/1319-2442.292326Rhabdomyolysis Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Unusual AssociationArchana ChiniwalarM Edwin FernandoSuren SujitN D Srinivasa PrasadK Thirumal ValavanRhabdomyolysis is a potentially life-threatening syndrome that causes acute kidney injury. Association of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myoglobin induced acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is rarely reported in the literature. Here, we report a young male who was admitted with fever of unknown origin. Diagnosed to have AML with renal failure and subsequently succumbed to illness, whose post mortem renal biopsy confirmed myoglobin induced ATN.http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2020;volume=31;issue=4;spage=877;epage=880;aulast=Chiniwalar
spellingShingle Archana Chiniwalar
M Edwin Fernando
Suren Sujit
N D Srinivasa Prasad
K Thirumal Valavan
Rhabdomyolysis Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Unusual Association
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
title Rhabdomyolysis Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Unusual Association
title_full Rhabdomyolysis Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Unusual Association
title_fullStr Rhabdomyolysis Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Unusual Association
title_full_unstemmed Rhabdomyolysis Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Unusual Association
title_short Rhabdomyolysis Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Unusual Association
title_sort rhabdomyolysis induced acute kidney injury in acute myeloid leukemia an unusual association
url http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2020;volume=31;issue=4;spage=877;epage=880;aulast=Chiniwalar
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