WCN24-2217 ACUTE PHOSPHATE NEPHROPATHY A CASE REPORT

ACUTE PHOSPHATE NEPHROPATHY REPRESENTS A RARE PATHOLOGY CONTRIBUTING TO RENAL DISEASE. ITS ONSET MAY OCCUR WITHIN DAYS FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO PHOSPHATE OR MANIFEST AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS. IDENTIFIED RISK FACTORS INCLUDE ADVANCED AGE, FEMALE GENDER, PRE-EXISTING RENAL CONDITIONS, VOLUME DEPLETION, ULCERS IN THE DIGESTIVE MUCOSA, INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION OR ILEUS, AND THE UTILIZATION OF NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS). THE PROGRESSION OF THIS CONDITION EXHIBITS UNPREDICTABILITY, RANGING FROM ACUTE RENAL INJURY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE, ULTIMATELY NECESSITATING RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY.