Thromboembolism of the renal artery causing renal parenchymal infarction

Abstract

We present a case report of a 49year-old patient with ischemia of the left kidney due to a blood clot emboli of the renal artery. The patient underwent a minimally invasive radiological intervention.

The blood clot was removed using retrograde catheterization via the femoral artery. This condition developed due to congenital hypercoagulopathy caused by a homozygous mutation in the gene encoding for prothrombin (G20210A).

Keywords

• kidney ischemia
• renal artery emboli
• renal arteriography
• miniinvasive embolectomy
• coagulopathy
• G20210A.