| Renal infarction | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Kidney infarction |
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| CT scan of the abdomen showing partial infarct of the left kidney. | |
| Specialty | Nephrology |
| Symptoms | Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever.[1] |
| Complications | Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.[1] |
| Causes | Cardioembolic disease, renal artery injury, and hypercoagulable state.[1] |
| Diagnostic method | Hematuria, elevated lactate dehydrogenase, CT scan.[1] |
| Differential diagnosis | Renal colic and acute pyelonephritis.[1] |
| Frequency | 1.4% (of 14,411) [2] |
Renal infarction is a medical condition caused by an abrupt disruption of the renal blood flow in either one of the segmental branches or the major ipsilateral renal artery.[3] Patients who have experienced an acute renal infarction usually report sudden onset flank pain, which is often accompanied by fever, nausea, and vomiting.[4]
The primary causes of renal infarction are hypercoagulable conditions, renal artery damage (usually brought on by arterial dissection), and cardioembolic illness.[5]
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