Ponroy Bérengère, Nadal Marion, Nardoux Julien, Kerdraon Rémy, Lecointre Claire, Michenet Patrick
Service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, hôpital de la Source, 14, avenue de l'Hôpital, 45067 Orléans, France.
Service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, hôpital de la Source, 14, avenue de l'Hôpital, 45067 Orléans, France.
Ann Pathol. 2015 Apr;35(2):164-7. doi: 10.1016/j.annpat.2015.01.013. Epub 2015 Mar 18.
We report two cases of patients with chronic renal failure showing rectal bleeding due to digestive ulcers, associated with Kayexalate(®) alone. Kayexalate(®) crystals correspond to a typical histological picture and it is important to know how to identify them in order to discuss a possible pathogenicity.