A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal Colic
| Autor: | Roxana Jurubita, Bogdan Obrisca, Gener Ismail |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Nephrology, Vol 2016 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-6641 2090-665X |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2016/9565873 |
| Popis: | Renal infarction is a rare cause of acute kidney injury which could lead to permanent loss of renal function. A prompt diagnosis is necessary in order to achieve a successful revascularization of the occluded artery. Given the rarity of the disease and the paucity of the reported cases in the previous literature a high index of suspicion must be maintained not only in the classical cardiac sources of systemic emboli (atrial fibrillation, dilated cardiomyopathy, or endocarditis), but also in the situations when a hypercoagulable state is presumed. The unspecific presenting symptoms often mask the true etiology of the patient’s complaints. We present here a rare case of renal infarction that occurred in the setting of a hypercoagulable state, in a female patient with a history of breast cancer and documented hepatic metastases. |
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