elitoki
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60 yrs old man who had carotid angiogram 2 wks ago comes today with fatigue and nausea. On his PE was found painless reddish blue mottling of skin of extremities. His medical problems are CAD, HTN x 10 yrs, DM x 11 yrs.
Lab: WBC 10,000 with 10% eosinophils
BUN 46 mg/dl
Creatine 3.0 mg/dl
C3 low
Urinalysis:
Protein +1
WBC many eosinophils
RBC 1-2 HPF
What is the most likely cause?
A) contrast nephropathy
B) cholesterol embolism
C) diabetic nephropathy
D) post strep GN
E) acute allergic interstitial nephropathy
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| cirus
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B Cholesterol embolism
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| young_doc
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B.
Renal failure with Eosinophils in the urine, and mottling of skin extremities--> Atheroembolic disease.
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| doc_clotaire
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Cholesterol embolism BIG TIME
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| Justice
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B) cholesterol embolism
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| elitoki
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that's correct! 
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B
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