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05.08.2021 | Clinical Quiz
Rare neurological complication in an adolescent with kidney failure secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus: Questions
verfasst von:
Stephanie W. Casella, Nicole Salazar-Austin, Olga Charnaya
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Ausgabe 12/2021
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Excerpt
A 15-year-old female with kidney failure on intermittent hemodialysis secondary to Class IV lupus nephritis presented to the emergency department with progressively worsening right lower extremity pain. Pain started 2 weeks prior to presentation and was initially dull and throbbing, localized to her right hip and anterior thigh. Over the course of the next 2 weeks, the pain evolved to a shooting and burning sensation originating in her lower back and radiating into her right anterior thigh, knee, anterior leg, ankle, and dorsum of foot. Pain intensity was 10/10 and to the point she was unable to bear weight. She denied any recent trauma, falls, fever, illness, headache, nausea, vomiting, blurry vision, dizziness, or rashes. …