Nephrotic syndrome and acute kidney injury in a patient treated with lithium carbonate

Abstract

Lithium carbonate has been used in psychiatry for decades for the treatment of depression and bipolar disorder. However, this medicine has several renal side effects.

Kidney biopsy usually shows minimal change disease (MCD), althrough focal segmental glomerulosclerosis has ben seen.

Keywords

• Nephrotic syndrome
• acute kidney injury
• lithium carbonate