Skin nodules and acute renal failure, what is the link? |
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Authors: | Ihsan Ergun Gokhan Kabacam Yakup Ekmekci Ozden Tulunay Kenan Keven Neval Duman |
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Affiliation: | Ankara University School of Medicine, Nephrology, Turkey. ihsanerg@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: | | Case | A 58-year-old woman was referred to the hospital with a 2 monthshistory of anorexia, fatigue, cutaneous nodular swellings, recentlydeveloped acute renal failure and hypercalcaemia. On admission,her blood pressure and pulse were normal and physical examinationrevealed (+) pretibial oedema and reddish nodular swellingson her face, elbows (Figure 1) and legs. Laboratory findingsare given in Table 1. Other biochemical parameters and chestX-ray were normal. Immunglobulins, C3 and C4 levels, thyroidfunction tests were all
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Keywords: | cutaneous nodular lesions granulomatous nephritis hypercalcaemia sarcoidosis |
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