Recurrent Renal Vein Thrombosis Involving Both Kidneys in a Patient Presenting With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Renal scan findings are presented from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus with antiphospholipid syndrome who developed right renal vein thrombosis (RVT) followed by recurrent RVT on the left. Clinical manifestations and radiographic findings in RVT are variable, thus making diagnosis diffic...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 1998-10, Vol.23 (10), p.711-712
Main Authors: REBOLLO, ANGEL C, JIMÉNEZ-HEFFERNAN, AMELIA, GONZÁLEZ, FRANCISCO M, VALLEJO, JUAN A, CONTRERAS, PABLO I, TORRES-AVISBAL, MIGUEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - complications
Male
Medical sciences
Radiography
Radionuclide Imaging
Radionuclide investigations
Recurrence
Renal Veins - diagnostic imaging
Urinary system
Venous Thrombosis - complications
Venous Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Renal scan findings are presented from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus with antiphospholipid syndrome who developed right renal vein thrombosis (RVT) followed by recurrent RVT on the left. Clinical manifestations and radiographic findings in RVT are variable, thus making diagnosis difficult. Scintigraphy has been neither sensitive nor specific enough for diagnosis and commonly has been used to assess the level of renal function and the side involved. Scintigraphy also has been used to monitor the recovery or deterioration of renal function after RVT.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-199810000-00020