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01.02.2019 | Case Report
Ascorbic acid-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report and discussion of pathologic mechanisms
verfasst von:
Weijie Violet Lin, Christie Gloria Turin, David Walter McCormick, Christopher Haas, Gregory Constantine
Erschienen in:
CEN Case Reports
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Ausgabe 1/2019
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Abstract
Oxalate nephropathy is associated with hereditary hyperoxaluria, Crohn disease, and previous gastric or intestinal surgery, especially in the setting of increased oxalate intake or ethylene glycol ingestion. We present a patient whose intake of vitamin C supplements (2 g/day), exacerbated by predisposing factors of prior small bowel obstruction and resection, and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), resulted in acute kidney injury due to oxalate nephropathy. We review past reports of vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy and discuss the underlying precipitating factors.