Acute renal infarction in sickle cell disease.
End organ failure in sickle cell disease has classically been attributed to changes in the microvasculature. A case is reported in which sudden and complete loss of blood flow to the left kidney occurred during a painful crisis in a woman with homozygous SS disease. The findings are most consistent with occlusion of the renal artery.
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*