Scleroderma renal crisis following silicone breast implant rupture: A case report and review of the literature

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 262-266

  Al Aranji, Ghassan ^a   White, Douglas ^a   Solanki, Kamal ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Renal crisis; Scleroderma; Silicone breast implants; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; AMLODIPINE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAPTOPRIL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; LABETALOL; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; SILICONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REIMPLANTATION; SCLERODERMA RENAL CRISIS; SILICONE BREAST IMPLANT; SKINFOLD; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST IMPLANT RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RUPTURE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SILICONE GELS;

EID: 84904749012     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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