Open AccessThrombotic microangiopathy with severe renal failure in adenocarcinoma
Author(s) -
G. Lakshminarayana,
R Rajesh,
N V Seethalekshmy,
George Kurian,
VN Unni
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.42342
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombotic microangiopathy , malignancy , hemodialysis , kidney disease , cancer , adenocarcinoma , acute kidney injury , disease , gastroenterology , microangiopathy , pathology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Kidney disease frequently complicates malignancy and its treatment. The spectrum of renal disease in cancers includes acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease and tubular disorders. Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is an uncommon initial clinical presentation of malignancies. Renal failure is an extremely rare feature of cancer-associated TMA syndromes in the absence of chemotherapy. Here, we report a patient who presented to the hospital for the first time with TMA and severe renal failure requiring hemodialysis and was diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma.