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.
A 48-year-old male patient, a known hypertensive and diabetic, was admitted in August 2014, with a serum creatinine of 6.9 mg/dl and 3+ proteinuria. He was diagnosed as having AERD by kidney biopsy. There was no predisposing factor for AERD in this patient.