Abstract

Jamshid Hamdard, Rumeyza KazancıoÄ?lu, IÅ?ın Kılıçaslan, Yasemin Ã?zlük, Murat Alay,Ruhper Ã?ekin and Reha Erkoç

Acute phosphate nephropathy is a rare but serious type of kidney injury that commonly occurs after the use of bowel purgatives that contain oral sodium phosphate. Bowel purgatives are widely used to prepare patients for colonoscopy, but their use can cause acute or chronic kidney disease. Acute phosphate nephropathy is a type of crystal nephropathy characterized by tubular and interstitial deposition of calcium phosphate. Here we presented a case of acute kidney injury following the use of a sodium phosphatecontaining enema who required a renal biopsy for diagnosis