Prolonged renal failure in the course of atypical ethylene glycol intoxication.

Tomasz Liberek; Julita Śliwarska; Krzysztof Czurak; Agnieszka Perkowska-Ptasińska; Ewa Weber; Bolesław Rutkowski

doi:10.18388/abp.2013_2037

Prolonged renal failure in the course of atypical ethylene glycol intoxication.

Tomasz Liberek Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland.;
Julita Śliwarska Diaverum Dialysis Unit in Starogard Gdański, Starogard Gdański, Poland.;
Krzysztof Czurak Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland.;
Agnieszka Perkowska-Ptasińska Department of Transplantation Medicine and Nephrology, Transplantation Institute, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland.;
Ewa Weber Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland.;
Bolesław Rutkowski Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland.;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2013_2037

Abstract

Ethylene glycol poisoning is not an uncommon cause of an acute renal injury. In this paper we present case of prolonged renal failure in the course of ethylene glycol intoxication. Due to the low dose of ingested ethylene glycol and concomitant ethanol consumption, the neurodepressive phase of the intoxication was rather mild and patient presented to the hospital on the ninth day after poisoning with established renal failure. The diagnosis of the specific cause of renal injury was facilitated by the renal biopsy.

Published

2013-11-22

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 4 (2013)

Section

Articles

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