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[Acute myopia and progressive acute renal failure in a 28-year old active horsewoman]
1Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. christiane.ruester@med.uni-jena.de
Abstract:
A 28-year old active sportswoman was admitted to hospital suffering from fever, menigeal irritation, acute myopia and progressive acute renal failure. Showing signs of polyserositis in combination with pulmonary granulomatous changes a collagenosis as well as an atypical pneumonia was excluded first. Due to the renal loss of function a renal biopsy was taken with the typical histological result of a hantavirus infection. This could be confirmed serologically in the following. With symptomatic treatment the patient had an uneventful complete recovery during the next four weeks.
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