Catalog

Glomerular cholesterol embolic disease

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Link to WHO Definition

Glomerular cholesterol embolic disease – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/948038892

Needle-like lucent clefts in glomerular capillaries result from emboli from atheromatous arterial disease, often the aortic, which have been displaced spontaneously or because of intra-arterial procedures. The clinical picture can include haematuria and progressive renal functional decline.