Phosphate induced crystal acute kidney injury - an under-recognized cause of acute kidney injury potentially leading to chronic kidney disease: case report and review of the literature Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Acute phosphate nephropathy or nephrocalcinosis is a tubulointerstitial nephropathy characterized by tubular calcium phosphate deposition - crystal nephropathy - and slowly progressive renal insufficiency during or following treatment with preparations containing sodium phosphate. We report a patient who developed nephrocalcinosis (crystal induced acute kidney injury) following the administration of a combination of oral and rectal sodium ...