title: Successful thrombolytic therapy for bilateral renal infarction: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Han-Ching
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Paul Ming-Chen
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Tu-Hao
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hung-Lung
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.forename: Wen-Jeng
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chun-Hsiung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: 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