title: Renal infarct: a rare disease due to a rare etiology.
abstract: Renal infarction is caused by profound hypoperfusion secondary to embolic/thrombotic occlusion of the renal artery or vasospasm of the renal artery. We present a case of a 54-year-old patient who presented with nausea, vomiting, and vague abdominal pain. He had frequent episodes of migraine headaches and he treated himself with as needed rizatriptan. CT scan of the abdomen showed renal cortical infarction. After extensive investigations, etiology of his renal infarct was deemed to be due to rizatriptan.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Akshintala
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Saurabh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA; vemani@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Vamsi Krishna
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Emani
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Manajyoti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yadav
keywords: case report; morbidity; renal infarct; rizatriptan; vasospasm