title: [Cholesterol embolism after renal transplantation].
abstract: A 70-year-old woman developed localized livedo racemosa on the right buttock 2 months after renal transplantation. The suspected diagnosis of cholesterol embolism was confirmed by histopathological demonstration of cholesterol crystals in the wall of a small artery. The gluteal region is supplied by blood vessels that branch off the internal iliac artery distal to the usual anastomosing site of the donor kidney. Cholesterol emboli dislocated in the course of a kidney transplantation can reach the gluteal region. Cholesterol embolism after renal transplantation as well as the observation of cholesterol crystals in the histological preparation are rare findings.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Innsbruck, Osterreich. gudrun.ratzinger@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ratzinger
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fritsch
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zelger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002081:Buttocks / Q000473:pathology*; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome