| CASE REPORT |
|
| Year : 2022 | Volume
: 13
| Issue : 2 | Page : 122-123 |
|
|
Scleroderma renal crisis as initial presentation of scleroderma
Sahil Bagai1, Scienthia Sanjeevani1, Dinesh Khullar1, Bhavna Bansal2, Vipra Malik3
1 Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplant Medicine, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, Delhi, India
2 Department of Pathology, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, Delhi, India
3 Department of Pathology, Core Diagnostics Pvt Ltd, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sahil Bagai
Consultant Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplant Medicine, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, Delhi
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/injms.injms_123_21
|
|
|
Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is characterized by the development of severe or worsening arterial hypertension associated with the abrupt onset of progressive renal failure in the absence of any other cause. Only 1% of limited and 4–11% of diffuse scleroderma cases have SRC. We report a case of SRC as an initial presentation in a newly diagnosed case of scleroderma.
|
|
|
|
| [FULL TEXT] [PDF]* |
|
 |
|
