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Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure associated with pyloric stenosis
G Tsapas1, I Magoula, A Garyfallos
1Department of Medicine, University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Abstract:
Rhabdomyolysis and acute tubular necrosis (ATN) are described in a patient with pyloric stenosis in whom severe hypokalemia developed due to repetitive vomiting. Furthermore, the importance of hypokalemia in the development of acute renal failure is emphasized.