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ArticleNeurocritical care2010

Polyneuropathy associated with cholesterol crystal embolism.

Matthias Klein, B Hartmann, H J Groene, T A Rupprecht, C Schmidt, T Pfefferkorn, A Straube

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Article in Neurocritical care, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthias KleinDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, Munich, Germany. matthias.klein@med.uni-muenchen.de
B Hartmann
H J Groene
T A Rupprecht
C Schmidt
T Pfefferkorn
A Straube
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCholesterol crystal embolism complicating arterial catheterization usually presents as a multiorgan disease with renal failure, abdominal problems, and skin manifestations.

methodsWe present a patient with hypertension and generalized arteriosclerosis who presented with muscle weakness, diffuse pain in the extremities, and renal failure 3 weeks after coronary catheterization and angioplasty of the right coronary artery. Muscle weakness progressed during the following months.

resultsNerve conduction studies and nerve biopsy showed severe axonal nerve injury. Biopsy of the kidney revealed the diagnosis of cholesterol crystal embolism.

conclusionThe clinical presentation indicates a direct association of cholesterol crystal embolism and polyneuropathy. Although cholesterol crystal embolism represents a rare cause of polyneuropathy, it should be considered in patients with acute onset polyneuropathy and sudden onset multiorgan disease after arterial catheterization.

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Angioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryAorta, AbdominalBiopsyCoronary DiseaseDiagnosis, DifferentialDiffuse Axonal InjuryDisease ProgressionEmbolism, CholesterolHumansIschemiaKidneyMaleMiddle AgedNeurologic ExaminationPolyneuropathiesRenal Artery

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PMID19774498
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