Acute Interstitial Nephritis and Rash in the Setting of Volume Overload

Lucy S. Witt, MD MPH; E. Allen Liles, MD; John R. Stephens, MD

October 14, 2015


A 49 year-old man presented in atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response. He was diuresed with furosemide and subsequently suffered a severe progressive erythematous rash and acute interstitial nephritis (Figure 1).

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About the Authors: 

Lucy S. Witt, MD, MPH
Resident Physician, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Internal Medicine Residency 

E. Allen Liles, MD 
Director, UNC Hospital Medicine Program
Section Chief for Inpatient Education and Practice, Internal Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill