renal crisis

English

Noun

renal crisis (plural renal crises)

1. (medicine) Acute onset of renal failure and severe hypertension in a patient with systemic sclerosis.

References

• Mouthon L, Bérezné A, Bussone G, Noël LH, Villiger PM, Guillevin L. Scleroderma renal crisis: a rare but severe complication of systemic sclerosis. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2011 Apr;40(2):84-91.