title: Renal Artery Injury Secondary to Blunt Abdominal Trauma - Two Case Reports.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Blunt abdominal trauma is routinely encountered in the Emergency Department. It is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality amongst the population below the age of 35 years worldwide. Renal artery injury secondary to blunt abdominal trauma however, is a rare occurrence. Here, we present two such cases, encountered in the emergency department sustaining polytrauma following motor vehicle accidents.
  
  
  METHODS
  We hereby report two interesting cases of renal artery injury sustained in polytrauma patients. In these two cases we revealed almost the entire spectrum of findings that one would expect in renal arterial injuries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Traumatic renal artery occlusion is a rare occurrence with devastating consequences if missed on imaging. Emergency radiologists need to be aware of the CT findings so as to accurately identify renal artery injury. This case report stresses the need for immediate CT assessment of polytrauma patients with suspected renal injury, leading to timely diagnosis and urgent surgical or endovascular intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Zahoor
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Syed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nabir
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Mohamed Nadeem
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Shatha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al Hilli
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Vajjala
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ravikumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Umais Zaid
authors.initials: UZ
authors.lastname: Momin
keywords: Abdominal Injuries; Multiple Trauma; Renal Artery