Cholesterol crystal embolization: Skin manifestation, gastrointestinal and central nervous symptom treated with corticosteroid

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-298

  Motegi, Sei Ichiro ^a   Abe, Masatoshi ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Tamura, Atsushi ^a   Hatori, Takashi ^a   Nakano, Akihiko ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a   Kurabayashi, Masahiko ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol crystal embolization; Corticosteroids; Eosinophilia; Livedo reticularis; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPARIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL EMBOLIZATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAT EMBOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RADIATION SICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 19744368544     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00766.x     Document Type: Article

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