Acute renal failure due to nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis following binge drinking

T Muthukumar; V Jha; A Sud; A Wanchoo; P Bambery; V Sakhuja

doi:10.3109/08860229909045195

Acute renal failure due to nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis following binge drinking

Ren Fail. 1999 Sep;21(5):545-9. doi: 10.3109/08860229909045195.

Authors

T Muthukumar¹, V Jha, A Sud, A Wanchoo, P Bambery, V Sakhuja

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

PMID: 10517000
DOI: 10.3109/08860229909045195

Abstract

Nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis is an important but under-recognized cause of acute renal failure. In alcoholics, rhabdomyolysis most frequently develop following muscle necrosis during alcohol-induced coma, but has also been described rarely in those without prolonged coma or seizures. We describe a patient who developed myoglobinuric acute renal failure requiring dialysis following binge drinking in the absence of convulsions or coma. The renal biopsy showed acute tubular necrosis with pigment casts.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
Acute Kidney Injury / therapy
Adult
Alcoholism / complications
Biopsy
Central Nervous System Depressants / poisoning*
Ethanol / poisoning*
Humans
Kidney / pathology
Male
Peritoneal Dialysis
Poisoning / complications
Poisoning / diagnosis
Poisoning / therapy
Renal Dialysis
Rhabdomyolysis / chemically induced
Rhabdomyolysis / complications*
Rhabdomyolysis / diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis / therapy

Substances

Central Nervous System Depressants
Ethanol