Indirect computed tomography sign of renal artery injury: retrograde filling of the renal vein.
Computed tomography is a very useful diagnostic tool in children's trauma. In the present case report, retrograde filling of the renal vein during computerized tomographic examination of a patient with renal trauma is presented. This is an indirect sign of traumatic renal artery injury. This finding might assist in the early diagnosis of severe renovascular trauma.
Balkan
Emin
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The Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Bursa, Turkey.
Kilic
Nizamettin
N
Dogruyol
Hasan
H
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications