Sulfadiazine-related obstructive urinary tract lithiasis: an unusual cause of acute renal failure after kidney transplantation

Clin Nephrol. 2005 May;63(5):405-7. doi: 10.5414/cnp63405.

Abstract

We report on the first case of acute renal failure related to obstructive urinary tract lithiasis involving sulfadiazine crystals in a kidney transplant recipient. This patient had disseminated toxoplasmosis which was treated by sulfadiazine (4 g/day) and pyrimethamine (50 mg/day). In the fourth week of anti-toxoplasmosis therapy, he presented with obstructive acute renal failure: the plasma creatinine level increased from 220 micromol/l to 547 micromol/l. Apercutaneous pyelography was conducted showing the presence of a lithiasis located at the junction between the graft ureter and the bladder. Six days later, he underwent surgery to retrieve an orange-colored, friable stone. Its spectrophotometric analysis confirmed that the stone consisted of N-acetyl sulfadiazine crystals.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / chemically induced*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / physiopathology
  • Adult
  • Drainage / methods
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fungemia / diagnosis
  • Fungemia / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Kidney Function Tests
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Lithotripsy / methods
  • Male
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sulfadiazine / adverse effects*
  • Sulfadiazine / therapeutic use
  • Toxoplasmosis / diagnosis
  • Toxoplasmosis / drug therapy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ureteral Calculi / chemically induced
  • Ureteral Calculi / pathology
  • Ureteral Calculi / therapy
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / chemically induced
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / therapy
  • Urinary Calculi / chemically induced*
  • Urinary Calculi / pathology
  • Urinary Calculi / therapy*

Substances

  • Sulfadiazine