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Irreversible Renal Failure Due to Malignant Lymphoma
- LOUIS M. ALEDORT, M.D.;
- MORRISON HODGES, M.D.; and
- JAMES A. BROWN, B.A.
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to Morrison Hodges, M.D., Strong Memorial Hospital. Rochester, N. Y. 14620.
Excerpt
Renal involvement with lymphoma is frequent, but clinical symptoms due to lymphomatous kidney disease occur infrequently, and death due to renal parenchymal involvement is very rare. The two patients reported here had renal lymphoma as their major clinical problem. In both cases, death was due to progressive renal failure secondary to almost total renal parenchymal replacement by tumor.
CASE REPORTS CASE 1
Patient A. C. (SMH 58-97-48), a 31-year-old housewife, was in good health until October, 1963, when she developed a low-grade fever, a chronic nonproductive cough, dyspnea, and chest pain. Physical examination revealed a left supraclavicular and left axillary
This 100-word excerpt has been provided in the absence of an abstract.
Summario in Interlingua
Es reportate duo casos de reimplaciamento del parenchyma renal per lymphoma resultante in le morte del patientes. Le raritate e le pauco favorabile prognose de iste entitate sublinea le necessitate de un precoce recognition e un prompte therapia. Es commentate le problemas de tractamento e le rationamento a base del therapia.
Article and Author Information
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From the Hematology Unit, Department of Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N. Y.
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Dr. Aledort was a Trainee in Hematology supported by grant 5-TI-AM-5113 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
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- Received January 24, 1966.
- Accepted February 28, 1966.
