A 62-year-old male patient, a known diabetic and hypertensive, developed flash pulmonary edema, underwent coronary and renal angiography. He was found to have left renal artery stenosis and underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Three weeks later, he developed acute kidney injury. Renal biopsy was done and atheroemboli was identified in an arteriole.
A 56-year-old female patient, a known hypertensive, was admitted in March 2016 with a serum creatinine of 5.7 mg/dl and 2+ proteinuria. She underwent hemodialysis. Renal biopsy showed cholesterol emboli in an interlobular artery.