Acute renal infarction in a heavy smoker

Renal infarction is a rare cause of acute abdominal and flank pain. Whether it occurs due to thrombosis or embolism, the occlusion of the renal arteries always results in renal infarction. Cigarette smoking is a known risk factor for arterial thrombosis. Both vasoconstrictor and pro-thrombotic effec...

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Published in:International urology and nephrology 2007-09, Vol.39 (3), p.951-954
Main Authors: Ergun, Ihsan, Keven, Kenan, Canbakan, Basol, Ekmekci, Yakup, Sezgin, Billur, Nergizoglu, Gokhan, Ates, Kenan, Karatan, Oktay
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Fibrinogen - analysis
Flank Pain - etiology
Humans
Infarction - diagnosis
Infarction - epidemiology
Kidney - blood supply
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Male
Protein C - analysis
Risk Factors
Smoking - epidemiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Renal infarction is a rare cause of acute abdominal and flank pain. Whether it occurs due to thrombosis or embolism, the occlusion of the renal arteries always results in renal infarction. Cigarette smoking is a known risk factor for arterial thrombosis. Both vasoconstrictor and pro-thrombotic effects of smoking lead to arterial thrombosis. Herein, we report a case of acute renal infarction in a heavy smoker. The definite diagnosis was made by contrast-enhanced abdominal computerized tomography and renal arteriography.
ISSN:0301-1623
1573-2584
DOI:10.1007/s11255-006-9089-2