“…In almost all cases, renal failure is present at the time of diagnosis, consistent with the group of Arroyo et al 6 The patient had a creatinine from two weeks prior of 2 mg/dl and at admission presented with a creatinine of 19.68 mg/dl, which suggested a rapid loss of >50% of renal function. Initially, the etiology of the AKF was started to be assessed, performing volume replacement, obstructive processes were discarded through renal ultrasound and CT urography, glomerulonephritis was suspected due to edema, arterial hypertension, oliguria and uremia symptoms, in addition to the urinalysis findings: hematuria, proteinuria, and hematic casts, clinical manifestations compatible with nephritic syndrome, this being the most frequent form of clinical presentation in other cases reported by Hurtado, Wang, Wilches and collaborators 7,8,9 .…”