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A Rare Case of Acute Renal Infarction Due to Atrial Fibrillation Mimicking Renal Colic

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A 70-year-old patient with acute renal infarction due to chronic atrial fibrillation is presented. The clinical presentation of the patient was suggestive of renal colic. Computerized tomography was consistent with acute renal infarction and confirmed the diagnosis. After giving anticoagulation and antiarrhythmic treatment, she was discharged with clinical improvement. High clinical suspicion is necessary on an old patient who has thromboembolic risk factors with the complaint of abrupt-onset flank pain.

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  1. Department of Urology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Sertaç Çimen, Güven Aslan, Hikmet Köseoğlu & Adil Esen

  2. Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Yiğit Göktay

  3. Department of Nephrology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Serkan Yıldız

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Çimen, S., Aslan, G., Köseoğlu, H. et al. A Rare Case of Acute Renal Infarction Due to Atrial Fibrillation Mimicking Renal Colic. Int Urol Nephrol 37, 791–792 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-005-0927-4

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