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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2005 20(6):1269-1270; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh713
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Skin nodules and acute renal failure, what is the link?

Ihsan Ergun1, Gokhan Kabacam1, Yakup Ekmekci1, Ozden Tulunay2, Kenan Keven1 and Neval Duman1

1 Ankara University School of Medicine Nephrology, Ankara Turkey and2 Ankara University School of Medicine Pathology, Ankara Turkey Email: ihsanerg@yahoo.com

Keywords: cutaneous nodular lesions; granulomatous nephritis; hypercalcaemia; sarcoidosis

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A 58-year-old woman was referred to the hospital with a 2 months history of anorexia, fatigue, cutaneous nodular swellings, recently developed acute renal failure and hypercalcaemia. On admission, her blood pressure and pulse were normal and physical examination revealed (+) pretibial oedema and reddish nodular swellings on her face, elbows (Figure 1) and legs. Laboratory findings are given in Table 1. Other biochemical parameters and chest X-ray were normal. Immunglobulins, C3 and C4 levels, thyroid function tests were all . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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