Citation

Gn YM, Ponnusamy A, Thimma V. Case Rep. Nephrol. 2017; 2017: e1348749.

Affiliation

Renal Department, Velammal Medical College Hospital, Madurai, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2017/1348749

PMID

28884034

PMCID

PMC5572091

Abstract

Renal complications from snakebite result in high mortality and morbidity. Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 5-30% of cases. Renal manifestation could include acute tubular necrosis, cortical necrosis, interstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis, and vasculitis. We present a case of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) resulting in renal cortical necrosis. Renal biopsy showed fibrin thrombi in glomeruli and arterioles with cortical necrosis. Our patient progressed to end-stage renal disease.

Language: en