Citation

Calviño J, Romero R, Pintos E, Novoa D, Güimil D, Cordal T, Mardaras J, Arcocha V, Lens XM, Sanchez-Guisande D. Am. J. Nephrol. 1998; 18(6): 565-569.

Affiliation

Department of Nephrology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Karger Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9845839

Abstract

'Magic mushrooms' ingestion among the drug-using population has become a popular cheap way to get hallucinogenic effects which is not free of complications. One of these is acute renal failure related to Cortinarius genus intake. This one greatly resembles 'magic mushrooms' and confusion is possible for inexperienced collectors. We report the case of a young male ex-drug addict who developed acute tubulointerstitial nephritis after voluntary ingestion of Cortinarius orellanus. The clinical picture was preceded by a long latency period, had an insidious course without any data of hepatoxicity and evolved to a chronic state. Renal biopsy showed nonspecific histopathological findings. In summary, it is important to bear this possibility in mind when facing an acute tubulointerstitial nephritis of unknown origin in a drug-taking patient.

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