High serum uric acid, high serum phosphates and high serum creatinine in a patient will be observed in-
Correct Answer: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Description: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most commonly diagnosed adult leukemia in the USA and Western Europe. Kidney disease can present in patients with CLL as a manifestation of the disease process such as acute kidney injury with infiltration or with a paraneoplastic glomerular disease or as a manifestation of extra renal obstruction and tumor lysis syndrome. In the current era of novel targeted therapies, kidney disease resulting high serum creatinine ,uric acide andphospates can also present as a complication of treatment. Tumor lysis syndrome associated with novel agents such as the B-cell lymphoma 2 inhibitor venetoclax and the monoclonal antibody obinutuzumab are impoant nephrotoxicities associated with these agents. Here we review the various forms of kidney diseases associated with CLL and its therapies. Ref Davidson 23rd edition pg 1313
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