Bilateral renal cortical necrosis in a child with acute pancreatitis

Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2020 Nov-Dec;31(6):1395-1398. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.308353.

Abstract

Bilateral renal cortical necrosis (RCN) as a cause of acute kidney injury is very rare in the pediatric population. Progression to end-stage renal disease is seen virtually in every patient with RCN. There are many causes for the occurrence of cortical necrosis in children, with severe pancreatitis being a rarity. In this report, we describe a child with severe acute pancreatitis complicated by bilateral RCN.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology
  • Anuria / etiology
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Cortex Necrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Cortex Necrosis / etiology*
  • Pancreatitis / complications*
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis