Open AccessRecurrent episodic myoglobinuric acute kidney injury as presenting manifestation of idiopathic polymyositis
Author(s) -
Limesh Marisiddappa,
Atul Desai,
Prashanth G Kedlaya,
Renuka Sathish
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.225181
Subject(s) - medicine , polymyositis , acute kidney injury , kidney
Polymyositis (PM) is a rare heterogeneous group of disorders with frequent multisystem involvement including uncommon renal manifestations. Acute kidney injury (AKI) as the primary manifestation of PM is extremely rare. Herein, we report a case of recurrent episodic AKI in an adult female who was subsequently diagnosed to have PM.