Atheroembolic Renal Disease In A Potentially High Risk Patient

摘要

Cholesterol crystal embolism, sometimes separately designated as atheroembolism, is an increasing and still under-diagnosed cause of renal dysfunction antemortem in elderly patients. One-year mortality is over 60% in the symptomatic forms. We here present a lethal case of a 74 year old male presenting with PAOD, unknown cause of acute renal failure, and multiple pruritic erythematous plaques over trunk and limbs. He finally died of ischemic enterocolitis and diffuse atherosclerotic ulcers.