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- Title
Renal infarction in patients presenting with suspected renal colic*.
- Authors
Seetho, Ian W.; Bungay, Peter M.; Taal, Maarten W.; Fluck, Richard J.; Leung, Janson C. H.
- Abstract
Acute renal infarction is a serious medical emergency. The diagnosis is often delayed or missed as it is not common. Hence, the exact incidence of acute renal infarction is not known. Failure to consider renal infarction in the initial differential diagnosis results in a delay in diagnosis and treatment, which in turn leads to permanent loss of renal function. We present two cases of acute kidney infarction that were initially treated as renal colic. In addition, we present a third case when a kidney was saved with reperfusion therapy.
- Subjects
KIDNEY diseases; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; MEDICAL emergencies; REPERFUSION; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
NDT Plus, 2009, Vol 2, Issue 5, p362
- ISSN
1753-0784
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndtplus/sfp074