C Hiault, P Dequiedt, O Benoit, C Dognin, J C Monnier, M Cotteel, F Puech, J L Leroy, A Tacquet, M Delecour
The authors report two cases of post-partum cortical renal necrosis. The diagnosis was made on clinical and biological criteria (severe, prolonged oliguria, the signs of intra-vascular coagulation defects, a rise in L.D.H. and anaemia with micro-angiopathy. It is confirmed by selective renal arteriography and renal punch-biopsy. There is a threefold method of treatment: --of the kidney condition by repeated haemodialysis and diuretics; --antihypertensive treatment; --treatment aimed at the aetiological pathology (heparin, anti-platelet aggregation and fresh plasma)...
1982: Journal de Gynécologie, Obstétrique et Biologie de la Reproduction