Myoglobin Cast Nephropathy Diagnosed on Renal Biopsy in a Patient Treated for Malarial Infection.
Case Rep Nephrol
; 2024: 6764335, 2024.
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Myoglobin cast nephropathy occurs in cases of acute renal injury in which large amounts of myoglobin accumulate in the renal tubules, presenting as muscle pain, reddish-brown urine, and elevated creatine kinase levels. Our case describes a 60-year-old male who came to the emergency department with fevers, mild abdominal pain, and constitutional symptoms one day after returning to the United States from a trip to Nigeria. Initial workup demonstrated an acute kidney injury and elevated aminotransferase levels and the patient was started onatovaquone-proguanil for possible malaria given a recent diagnosis in Nigeria. Two days later, the patient was found to have rhabdomyolysis, resulting in a renal biopsy that showed myoglobin cast nephropathy. Previous literature has suggested mechanisms for the development of rhabdomyolysis in malarial infection, including inflammatory processes, direct effect of parasite accumulation, and drug-induced toxicity. Our case further implicates antimalarial therapy as a cause of rhabdomyolysis and increases awareness of myoglobin cast nephropathy as a potential complication of malaria.
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