title: Magnetic resonance imaging in renal infarction and ischemia.
abstract: Two cases of renal segmental infarction and 1 case of renal patchy ischemia demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are reported. MRI of renal infarction in two renal grafts following surgical ligation revealed an area of noncorticomedullary differentiation and an area with a low signal intensity. Renal ischemia in 1 patient with acute renal dysfunction with severe loin pain and patchy renal vasoconstriction was visualized as an ill-defined focus of low signal intensity in the renal cortex, indicating a long T1 relaxation time. Delayed wedge-shaped contrast enhancement was demonstrated on CT scan in the same area. The common finding in renal infarction and ischemia in our cases was the area of low signal intensity on MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masuzaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yuri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shinoda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsujigiwa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012079:Renal Circulation