Scleroderma renal crisis in a patient with kidney transplant

Case report

  • John Fredy Nieto-Ríos Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (Medellín, Colombia)
  • Diana Carolina Chac´ón-Jaimes Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Antioquia)
  • Carol Lisbeth Morales-Contreras Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)
  • Diego Armando Benavidez-Henao Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)
  • Arbey Aristizábal-Alzate Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (Medellín, Colombia)
  • Gustavo Zuluaga-Valencia Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (Medellín, Colombia)
  • Catalina Ocampo-Kohn Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (Medellín, Colombia)
  • Lina María Serna Higuita Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Thuringen, Germany)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36104/amc.2020.1215

Abstract

Renal crisis is a complication with significant morbidity and mortality in scleroderma patients and a rare entity in kidney transplantation. It may present with highly variable clinical manifestations, mainly arterial hypertension, acute kidney failure and multisystemic involvement. Following is the report of a patient with late reoccurrence of scleroderma crisis in kidney transplantation, who was given successful treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

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Author Biographies

Diana Carolina Chac´ón-Jaimes, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Antioquia)

Departamento de nefrología pediátrica

Carol Lisbeth Morales-Contreras, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)

Departamento de nefrología pediátrica

Diego Armando Benavidez-Henao, Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)

Departamento de Medicina Interna y Nefrología

Arbey Aristizábal-Alzate, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (Medellín, Colombia)

Departamento de nefrología y transplante renal

Gustavo Zuluaga-Valencia, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (Medellín, Colombia)

Departamento de nefrología y transplante renal

Published
2019-11-20
How to Cite
Nieto-Ríos, J. F., Chac´ón-JaimesD. C., Morales-Contreras, C. L., Benavidez-Henao, D. A., Aristizábal-Alzate, A., Zuluaga-Valencia, G., Ocampo-Kohn, C., & Serna Higuita, L. M. (2019). Scleroderma renal crisis in a patient with kidney transplant: Case report. Acta Médica Colombiana, 45(1). https://doi.org/10.36104/amc.2020.1215
Issue
Vol. 45 No. 1 (2020)
Section
Case Reports

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