Renal Disease Masquerading Vasculitis Crescentic Atheroembolic Renal Disease

Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD) also called atheroembolism, [1] cholesterol embolism [2] or cholesterol crystal embolization (CCE) [3] often is an under diagnosed clinical illness. [4] It is caused by showers of cholesterol crystals from an atherosclerotic aorta that occludes small renal arteries. It is a common compli­cation of arteriography, vascular surgery, thrombolytic and anticoagulation in a patient with severe atherosclerosis.