Acute renal infarction in a heavy smoker.
Renal infarction is a rare cause of acute abdominal and flank pain. Whether it occurs due to thrombosis or embolism, the occlusion of the renal arteries always results in renal infarction. Cigarette smoking is a known risk factor for arterial thrombosis. Both vasoconstrictor and pro-thrombotic effects of smoking lead to arterial thrombosis. Herein, we report a case of acute renal infarction in a heavy smoker. The definite diagnosis was made by contrast-enhanced abdominal computerized tomography and renal arteriography.
Ergun
Ihsan
I
Ibni Sina Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey. ihsanerg@yahoo.com
Keven
Kenan
K
Canbakan
Basol
B
Ekmekci
Yakup
Y
Sezgin
Billur
B
Nergizoglu
Gokhan
G
Ates
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K
Karatan
Oktay
O
D000328:Adult; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis; D021501:Flank Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011486:Protein C / Q000032:analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D011486:Protein C; D005340:Fibrinogen