Authors: Gulsah Kaya Aksoy Mustafa Koyun Bahar Akkaya Elif Comak Atilla Gemici Sema Akman
Publish Date: 2016/09/14
Volume: 175, Issue: 12, Pages: 2005-2006
Abstract
Drugrelated acute tubulointerstitial nephritis is one of the most common causes of childhood acute renal failures which originate from kidneys Sixteenyear old male patient with the history of isotretinoin use for the last 3 months was admitted with acute renal failure Renal function parameters were measured as follows blood urea nitrogen 21 mg/dL serum creatinine 168 mg/dL cystatin C 115 mg/L and estimated glomerular filtration rate based on cystatin C 565 mL/min/173 m2 The patient whom pathological signs of renal biopsy sections revealed interstitial mononuclear cell and eosinophilic infiltration was diagnosed with acute tubulointerstitial nephritisGKA was responsible for the literature search and preparation of the manuscript MK analysed the data revised the draft manuscript AG treated the patients obtained the analysed patient’s specimen BA evaluated patient’s pathology specimen EC searched the literature SA final confirmation All authors read and approved the final manuscript
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