Abstract

BENITEZ LLANES, Orestes; CASTANER MORENO, Juan; TELLO ALEA, Rolando  and  VALDES SALAGARTE, Alicia. Insuficiencia renal aguda por inmunoglobulina A. Rev cubana med [online]. 1996, vol.35, n.2, pp. 136-139. ISSN 1561-302X.

A case of a 20-year old, white patient in whom an association of macroscopic hematuria with acute renal failure was observed is reported. The percutaneous renal biopsy performed later evidenced the occurrence of a IgA nephropathy. The frequency of this complication is rare. It has been suggested that the mechanical obstruction caused by the hematic cylinders and/or their toxicity on tubular cells could play a very important pathogenic role. The most significant events that drew our attention in this case was the intensity of hematuria and its prolonged duration, the degree of renal failure, and the subsequent recovery of the renal function.

Keywords : HEMATURIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE.