title: A rare case of acute renal infarction due to atrial fibrillation mimicking renal colic.
abstract: A 70-year-old patient with acute renal infarction due to chronic atrial fibrillation is presented. The clinical presentation of the patient was suggestive of renal colic. Computerized tomography was consistent with acute renal infarction and confirmed the diagnosis. After giving anticoagulation and antiarrhythmic treatment, she was discharged with clinical improvement. High clinical suspicion is necessary on an old patient who has thromboembolic risk factors with the complaint of abrupt-onset flank pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, aslang@deu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Sertaç
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cimen
authors.forename: Güven
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Hikmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Köseoğlu
authors.forename: Yiğit
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Göktay
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed