Medical image of the week: renal infarction

No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. A 79-year-old woman with past medical history of persistent atrial fibrillation not on anticoagulation, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia presented with right flank pain accompanied by nausea and vomiting for two days. Laboratory studies showed leukocytosis with creatinine of 1.2. Urinalysis was negative for signs of infection and red blood cells. However, despite being on analgesic, she continued to have flank pain. The patient subsequent underwent CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis the next day, which showed that the majority of the right kidney was infarcted. Interestingly, there were two right-sided renal arteries and a thrombus was seen in the inferior main right renal artery. The superior pole of the right kidney was preserved as a result of the patent accessory renal artery. Due to delayed presentation of more than 48 hours after onset of pain, the tissue could not be re-vascularized by vascular surgery. Her renal ..