All issues > Volume 23(4); 1980

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1980;23(4):316-320. Published online April 15, 1980.

A Case of Acute Renal Railure After Surgical Extirpation of Solitary Kidney.

Hyeon Soo Park, Sun Hee Park, Heung Jae Lee, Chong Moo Park

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

The authors experienced a case of acute renal failure following nephrectomy of soliary kidney in a 9 month old girl. Her chief complaints on admission were total anuria for 10 days and gastrointestinal bleeding for 7 days. On physical examination, she were noticed drowsy mental state, generalized edema and pale appearance. Laboratory date and management;Hb 3.4mg%,BUN 150mg%,she was performed peritoneal?dialysis and blood transfusion immediately. During the treatment her general condition and laboratory findings were much improved. The absence of both kidneys were confirmed by Isotope renogram and C.T. scanning. Brief review of related literatures were presented.

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