title: Cocaine: A Rare Cause of Left-Sided Renal Infarction.
abstract: Cocaine abuse is commonly associated with myocardial ischemia, mesenteric ischemia, and cerebrovascular accidents. Renal infarction is an uncommon complication of cocaine abuse. Various mechanisms have been postulated for this cocaine-related injury. There are only 15 cases reported on cocaine-induced renal infarction. Among the cases with available data, very few cases had left kidney involvement. We report a case of a 65-year-old African American man with history of cocaine abuse who presented with left flank pain and had left renal infarction.
authors.affiliation: Agarwal Nephrology and Hypertension PC, Columbus, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Padam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hirachan
authors.affiliation: Agarwal Nephrology and Hypertension PC, Columbus, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Ravindra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Brent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wagner
keywords: cocaine; flank pain; renal infarction