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| Year : 2014 |
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Snake bite complicated by acute kidney injury secondary to necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Mohammad A Al Qahtani1, Abdulrahman Altheaby1, T Al Anazi1, Khaled Al Saad2, S Binsalih1, Mohammed Al Helail2
1 Department of Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Laboratory and Histopathology, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mohammad A Al Qahtani
Department of Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Medical City (KAAMC), P. O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.144263
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We present a 38-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with complaints of a snake bite. He developed acute kidney injury (AKI) and the kidney biopsy showed necrotizing glomerulonephritis, which is rarely reported in AKI after snake bite. |
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