Scleroderma renal crisis in pregnancy associated with massive proteinuria.
Scleroderma renal crisis is a well-recognized complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) usually occurring early in the course of the disease in patients with diffuse skin involvement. We report the diagnostic challenge of a case of scleroderma renal crisis associated with massive proteinuria at approximately 20 weeks gestation in a pregnant patient with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis.
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Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Suite 912, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. brownal@musc.edu
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D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000188:drug therapy; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents