Acute arterial occlusion

Disease	Injury	Nutrition	Poison

Special Topic	Surgery	Symptoms	Test

Kidney anatomy

Kidney - blood and urine flow

Acute arterial occlusion - kidney

Alternative Names:

Acute renal arterial thrombosis; Renal artery embolism; Acute renal artery occlusion; Embolism - renal artery

Symptoms:

Flank pain or pain in the side, not colicky or spasmodic
Abdominal pain
Back pain
Blood in the urine (may occur)

Note: There may be no pain. Pain, if present, usually develops suddenly.

Signs and tests:

Physical examination is generally unrevealing unless the disorder has persisted long enough to cause kidney failure.

Kidney ultrasound is the initial diagnostic test of choice to identify renal artery occlusions.
An IVP may show no function of the affected kidney.
A renal scan may indicate lack of blood flow to the affected kidney.
Renal arteriography will show the exact location of the occlusion.

This disease may also alter the results of an abdominal MRI.

Review Date: 1/19/2002
Reviewed By: Andrew Koren, M.D., Department of Nephrology, NYU-Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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