A lady with unresolved loin pain.
A history of cardiac disease, especially atrial fibrillation, together with symptoms such as loin or abdominal pain, and accompanied by an elevated lactate dehydrogenase should prompt a computed tomography scan to exclude the diagnosis of acute renal infarction.
Chow
Kai Ming
KM
Department of Medicine &Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. Chow_Kai_Ming@alumni.cuhk.net
Lee
Kirsty Wai Chung
KW
Wong
Tiffany Cho Lam
TC
Szeto
Cheuk Chun
CC
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications*; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase