A Case of Acute Renal Failure Associated with Non-fulminant Acute Hepatitis A

비전격성 급성 A형 간염 환자에서의 급성 신부전의 병발 1예

  • Na, Ji-Hoon (Deparment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Park, Jong-Won (Deparment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Park, Kyu-Hwan (Deparment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Oh, Myong-Jin (Deparment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Choi, Yun-Jung (Deparment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Park, Jung-Min (Deparment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Chang, Woo-Jin (Deparment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • 나지훈 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박종원 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박규환 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 오명진 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 최윤정 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박정민 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 장우진 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Published : 2010.12.30

Abstract

Acute hepatitis A is a generally self-limiting disease of the liver. Acute renal failure is rare in patients with acute non-fulminant hepatitis A Acute tubular necrosis is the most common form of renal injury found in such patients. The 215 years old male patient visited our hospital with complaint of general weakness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and myalgia. He was diagnosed with acute renal failure associated with acute non-fulminant hepatitis A We report here on a case of acute renal failure associated with non-fulminant hepatitis A, and we include a review of the literature.

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