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  Vol. 158 No. 11, June 8, 1998 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Retinal Cholesterol Emboli in the Diagnosis of Renal Atheroembolism

John W. Gittinger, Jr, MD; Glenn R. Kershaw, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1998;158:1265-1267.

Three patients with renal failure caused by atheroembolism following cardiac vascular procedures had multiple, bilateral retinal cholesterol emboli. Ophthalmoscopy in such patients represents a noninvasive diagnostic technique that is underutilized.


From the Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology (Dr Gittinger) and Medicine (Dr Kershaw), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.



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