TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute renal infarct without apparent cause
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Decoste, Ryan
AU - Himmelman, Jeffrey G.
AU - Grantmyre, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Canadian Urological Association.
PY - 2015/4/13
Y1 - 2015/4/13
N2 - Acute renal infarction is a rare clinical entity most commonly occurring as a result of a thromboembolic event in patients with predisposing risk factors. Its non-specific presentation can lead to delayed or missed diagnosis. However, modern imaging technology has allowed for the diagnosis of renal infarction to be made earlier in its clinical course. Due to its rare nature, treatment guidelines do not exist. We report a case of acute renal infarction identified on computed tomography scan in a patient with no known predisposing factors to thromboembolism that was treated through suction thrombectomy.
AB - Acute renal infarction is a rare clinical entity most commonly occurring as a result of a thromboembolic event in patients with predisposing risk factors. Its non-specific presentation can lead to delayed or missed diagnosis. However, modern imaging technology has allowed for the diagnosis of renal infarction to be made earlier in its clinical course. Due to its rare nature, treatment guidelines do not exist. We report a case of acute renal infarction identified on computed tomography scan in a patient with no known predisposing factors to thromboembolism that was treated through suction thrombectomy.
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U2 - 10.5489/cuaj.2466
DO - 10.5489/cuaj.2466
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928008473
SN - 1911-6470
VL - 9
SP - E237-E239
JO - Journal of the Canadian Urological Association
JF - Journal of the Canadian Urological Association
IS - 3-4APRIL
ER -