title: Cholesterol embolization syndrome: A report of two cases.
abstract: Cholesterol embolization syndrome (CES) is a multisystemic disease with immunological features, and a rare but an important cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) following invasive angiography. It frequently occurs in the elderly male population with extensive atherosclerosis. CES should be considered in the differential diagnosis of AKI following angiography, as prognosis and treatment are completely different from contrast-induced nephropathy. Two cases of CES that developed after invasive angiography are described in the present report. In the first case, renal biopsy was performed, and CES was diagnosed by presence of characteristic renal lesions. The second patient had blue toe syndrome and persistent renal dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nazlı
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dizman
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kübra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aydın Bahat
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şeyma
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Özkanlı
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. abdullahozkok@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Özkök
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects; D018438:Blue Toe Syndrome; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology