Successful thrombolytic therapy for bilateral renal infarction: a case report.
Acute renal infarction is a rarely reported disease in the medical literature. Angiography, renal scintigraphy, intravenous pyelography, sonography, and enhanced computed tomography may be useful in diagnosing acute renal infarction antemortem. Therapeutic guidelines for the treatment of renal infarction have not been established. We report a case of bilateral renal infarction in an elderly woman with atrial fibrillation, which was successfully treated by thrombolytic therapy.
Lin
Han-Ching
HC
Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shih
Paul Ming-Chen
PM
Chang
Tu-Hao
TH
Ke
Hung-Lung
HL
Wu
Wen-Jeng
WJ
Huang
Chun-Hsiung
CH
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy