Acute Renal Failure Complicating a Reticulosis

Acute Renal Failure Complicating Lymphosarcoma

“…med. J3., 1965, 1, 567-568 Several reports of acute renal failure complicating reticulosis have appeared in recent years (Merrill, 1940;Merrill and Jackson, 1943;Kravitz et al, 1951 ;Kritzler, 1958;Greenbaum and Hope Stone, 1959;Duncan et al, 1963). Disease infiltration of the kidney, amyloidosis, or hyperuricaemia may be responsible.…”

“…Urate precipitation may then obstruct the renal tract. Successful treatment by haemodialysis has been reported (Firmat et al, 1960;Duncan et al, 1963). A patient with lymphosarcoma developed renal failure on two occasions ; the first was due to hyperuricaemia following radiotherapy, and the second, four months later, was produced by extensive infiltration of both kidneys by lymphosarcoma.…”

“…The case of reticulum-cell sarcoma reported by Duncan et al (1963) survived five months after his first of two episodes of acute renal failure. It therefore appeared that successful treatment of acute renal failure in such patients would allow treatment of the underlying condition.…”