Snake bite-induced renal medullary angitiis in a child : a case report

الملخص EN

Snake bite envenomation is common in tropical countries during the summer.

Snake bite-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) has varied histopathological manifestations such as acute cortical necrosis, acute tubular necrosis (ATN), and acute interstitial nephritis.

However, snake bite-induced renal medullary angiitis has rarely been reported.

We describe a nine-year-old child with AKI following viperine snake bite and renal biopsy revealed pigment cast nephropathy, ATN and medullary angiitis