Renal infarction associated with an extraadrenal pheochromocytoma.
A patient with an abdominal extraadrenal pheochromocytoma showed computed tomography findings of renal infarction. Selective angiography of the affected kidney showed no evidence of arterial occlusion or emboli. We postulate that the renal infarcts were caused by reversible severe vasospasm associated with high systemic blood levels of norepinephrine and angiotensin II.
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Department of Radiology, University of Missouri, Columbia 65212.
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D000792:Angiography; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000097:blood / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications*; D012077:Renal Artery; D013035:Spasm / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000804:Angiotensin II; D009638:Norepinephrine