Scleroderma renal crisis
Bengü Erkul1, Banu Yılmaz Avcıoğlu2, Sibel Ersan2, Seval Akay1, Harun Akar1
1Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, İç Hastalıkları Kliniği, İzmir, Türkiye
2Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Nefroloji Kliniği, İzmir, Türkiye
Keywords: Renal crisis; scleroderma; thrombotic microangiopathy.
Abstract
Scleroderma is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized with the accumulation of collagen and connective tissue in many organs that may cause thrombotic microangiopathy. One of the major complications of scleroderma is the clinical picture of “scleroderma renal crisis,” which is a state of nephrological emergency. In this article, we report a 72-year-old female patient with a case of scleroderma renal crisis that emerged with thrombotic microangiopathy and hypertensive crisis.