Acute Tubular Necrosis
Authors: PETER A. F. MORRIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Case Reports1 June 1962Acute Tubular NecrosisReport of a Case with Failure to Recover after Sixty-seven Days of OliguriaPETER A. F. MORRIN, M.B., B.CH., W. BURTON GEDNEY, M.D., WERNER BARTH, M.D., R. H. HEPTINSTALL, M.D.PETER A. F. MORRIN, M.B., B.CH.Search for more papers by this author, W. BURTON GEDNEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WERNER BARTH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, R. H. HEPTINSTALL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-56-6-925 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is generally believed that acute tubular necrosis is a potentially reversible disease if life can be sustained until tubular regeneration occurs (1-6). This report presents a case of acute tubular necrosis following exposure to carbon tetrachloride, in which severe oliguria persisted until death 71 days after exposure, despite histological evidence of renal tubular regeneration.CASE REPORTJ. J., a 34-year-old Negro male, was admitted to Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri, on February 8, 1961, with complaints of malaise, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, and passing small quantities of dark urine. Eight days prior to admission the patient had been exposed to...References1. STRAUSSRAISZ MBLG: Treatment of acute renal shutdown. Arch. Intern. Med. 95: 846, 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SWANNMERRILL RCJP: The clinical course of acute renal failure. Medicine 32: 215, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MERRILL JP: The Treatment of Renal Failure, Grune & Stratton, New York, 1955. Google Scholar4. Editorial. Acute tubular necrosis. Lancet 1: 371, 1960. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, MissouriFrom the Department of Internal Medicine, Renal Division, and the Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.Dr. Morrin carried out this work as a Research Fellow of the American Heart Association.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Peter A. F. Morrin, Department of Internal Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 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