Korean J Med.
1998 Mar;54(3):437-440.
A Case of Uric Acid Nephropathy as first presentation of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan Medical Center, Pusan, Korea.
Abstract
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Acute uric acid nephropathy is a kind of acute renal
failure and results from uric acid crystal deposition within
the collecting ducts and the distal tubules due to rapid
increase of serum uric acid concentration. Hyperuricemia
can be, in the relation to the underlying physiology, clas
sified into the three categories. i.e., increased urate pro
duction, decreased uric acid excretion, or a combination of
the two. It is most commonly presented in the lympho
proliferative or myeloproliferative disorders after effective
cytolytic chemotherapy in the form of tumor lysis syn
drome. But we have recently experienced a case of a 73
year-old female patient with acute lymphoblastic leuke
mia whose first presentation was acute uric acid nephrop
athy, spontaneously developed without chemotherapy and
so report it with review of related literatures.