RENAL FAILURE AND GANGRENOUS TOE LESIONS DUE TO CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL EMBOLIZATION: A REPORT OF TWO CASES

Cholesterol crystal embolization is a rare disease, presenting with a large clinical spectrum, occurding usually in elderly men who undergo an angiographic procedure or vascular surgery. We report two patients who developed systemic cholesterol embolic disease and renal failure after angiographic interventions of the coronaries.