Renal infarctions caused by dissections of surnumerary renal arteries

Acta Cardiol. 2014 Apr;69(2):203-5. doi: 10.1080/ac.69.2.3017305.

Abstract

Renal infarction is an uncommon and underdiagnosed cause of acute flank pain. We describe a 48-year-old male patient, previously diagnosed with a bicuspid aortic valve, who presented with multiple renal infarctions, secondary to multiple dissections of the aberrant renal vascular anatomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnosis
  • Aortic Dissection / etiology*
  • Aortic Valve / abnormalities
  • Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Funnel Chest / complications
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Infarction / diagnosis
  • Infarction / drug therapy*
  • Infarction / etiology*
  • Kidney / blood supply*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Artery / abnormalities*
  • Renal Circulation
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vitamin K / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Anticoagulants
  • Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
  • Vitamin K