[Acute kidney injury in thromboangiitis obliterans disease]

Nephrol Ther. 2018 May;14(3):167-171. doi: 10.1016/j.nephro.2017.10.006. Epub 2017 Dec 29.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Buerger's disease or thombo-angiitis obliterans disease is a small vessel's vasculitis, frequently observed in young and smoker's males. Diagnosis is based on both clinical and radiological arguments. There is no specific treatment designed for this disease. We report the case of 43 years old patient presenting with an acute kidney injury associated with Buerger's disease. We reviewed the different case of kidney disease in this rare disease.

Keywords: Acute kidney injury; Buerger's disease; Insuffisance rénale aiguë; Ischémie rénale; Kidney ischaemia; Maladie de Buerger.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / complications*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
  • Acute Kidney Injury / therapy
  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Kidney / blood supply
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Thromboangiitis Obliterans / complications*
  • Thromboangiitis Obliterans / diagnosis
  • Thromboangiitis Obliterans / therapy