A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal Colic
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 previo...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-5cec1f6ccc6048f3b68781c763c660842025-02-03T01:03:44ZengWileyCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2016-01-01201610.1155/2016/95658739565873A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal ColicRoxana Jurubita0Bogdan Obrisca1Gener Ismail2Center of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, 258 Fundeni Street, District 2, 022328 Bucharest, RomaniaCenter of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, 258 Fundeni Street, District 2, 022328 Bucharest, RomaniaCenter of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, 258 Fundeni Street, District 2, 022328 Bucharest, RomaniaRenal 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9565873 |
| spellingShingle | Roxana Jurubita Bogdan Obrisca Gener Ismail A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal Colic Case Reports in Nephrology |
| title | A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal Colic |
| title_full | A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal Colic |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal Colic |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal Colic |
| title_short | A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury in a Female Patient with Breast Cancer Presenting as Renal Colic |
| title_sort | rare cause of acute kidney injury in a female patient with breast cancer presenting as renal colic |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9565873 |
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