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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.
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Cates, J.D., Foley, W.D. & Lawson, T.L. Retrograde opacification of the renal vein: A CT sign of renal artery avulsion. Urol Radiol 8, 92–94 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924085
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924085