Un insolito caso d’ipertensione

Sclerodermic renal crisis is characterized by hypertension and rapidly progressive renal failure. It occurs in about 10% of patients with diffuse cutaneous scleroderma and is relatively rare in patients with the limited cutaneous variant. In up to a quarter of patients with sclerodermic renal crisis, the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis is made at the time of the renal presentation. The case that follows shows a renal sclerodermic crisis as beginning of systemic sclerosis.