Open AccessRenal cortical necrosis in a live kidney donor
Author(s) -
Jai Prakash,
Arvind Srivastava,
Somendra Pal Singh,
Biplab Ghosh
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.4103/0971-4065.83747
Subject(s) - medicine , anuria , kidney , hemodialysis , necrosis , renal cortex , acute kidney injury , acute tubular necrosis , pathology , surgery
Renal cortical necrosis (RCN) is a rare cause of acute renal failure (ARF). There is no clinical case report of RCN in a live kidney donor. A 48-year-old female kidney donor developed sudden anuria five hours postnephrectomy and remained anuric for more than three months on maintenance hemodialysis. Laboratory investigations revealed the features of hemolytic uremic syndrome. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of abdomen showed hypoattenuated subcapsular rim of renal cortex favoring diagnosis of RCN. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first clinical case report of RCN in a live kidney donor in world literature.