The haemolytic uraemic syndrome and prostatic carcinoma

We report on three episodes of acute renal failure due to the haemolytic uraemic syndrome in two elderly men with disseminated prostatic carcinoma. Two of the three episodes were treated with plasmapheresis and antiplatelet agents and all three episodes resolved before treatment for the prostatic carcinoma was undertaken. There are only two previous reports in the literature of untreated malignancy presenting with the haemolytic uraemic syndrome, one of which was a case of prostatic carcinoma.