[Renal complications of sickle-cell anaemia].
There are six described complications of sickle cell trait or disease : gross hematuria, renal infarction, papillary necrosis, nephrotic syndrome and urine concentration defects. Because of a high frequency of sickle cell trait patients among patients suffering from medullary kidney carcinoma, it has been called the seventh complication. We briefly review physiopatholgy and diagnosis of these complications.
Raynal
Gauthier
G
Service d'Urologie et Transplantation, CHU Hôpital Sud, Amiens, France. gauthier.raynal@etud.u-picardie.fr
Bracq
Arnaud
A
Tillou
Xavier
X
Limani
Ksenija
K
Petit
Jacques
J
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*