posted on 2019-04-10, 02:42authored byLuis Pedro Falcão, Sara Fernandes, Ana Cortesão Costa, Catarina Teixeira, Mário Raimundo, Sónia Silva, Margarida Miranda, Edgar De Almeida
ABSTRACT Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD) is a kidney manifestation of atherosclerosis as a systemic disease. AERD is defined as a renal impairment secondary to embolization of cholesterol crystals with consequent occlusion of renal vascularization. The current case report describes one patient with multiple risk factors but without any inciting event history who presents a very atypical clinical course of a severe and massive atheroembolic disease that developed spontaneously and silently.