Retrograde opacification of the renal vein: a CT sign of renal artery avulsion

Urol Radiol. 1986;8(2):92-4. doi: 10.1007/BF02924085.

Abstract

Retrograde opacification of the renal vein occurred during dynamic computed tomographic scanning of a patient with renal artery avulsion. This is a potentially confusing finding in the patient with renal trauma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney / injuries
  • Renal Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Renal Veins / injuries
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*