In patients with ischemic stroke, low vitamin B12 levels, and in patients with hemorrhagic stroke, low blood folic acid levels, are associated with lower Glasgow coma scale values and higher hospital mortality.
Renal infarction is a rare clinical problem and it is frequently misdiag-nosed because of the nonspecificity of its symptoms. We present two cases of renal infarction with two different etiologies. The first case was a 43-year-old male who attended the emergency department for pain in the left flank. A contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomog-raphy scan was performed due to the persistent pain, and the segmental renal infarction was detected. The second case, a 6-year-old girl, was hospitalized due to falling from a height of 8 meters. Traumatic renal infarction was detected in the abdominal computed tomography scan which was performed during the assessment for multiple traumas. Both patients were followed-up conservatively and discharged from the hospital without any renal complications. The diagnosis of renal infarc-tion is generally based on the clinical suspicion. Emergency physicians should keep renal infarction in mind during the management of the patients with abdominal, back or flank pain. ÖZET Renal infarkt nadir görülen bir klinik problemdir ve sıklıkla silik semp-tomları nedeniyle yanlış tehşis edilir. Burada farklı iki etiyolojiye sahip iki renal infarkt olgusu sunacağız. İlk olgu sol yan ağrısı nedeniyle acil servise başvuran 43 yaşında erkekti. Tedaviye dirençli ağrı nedeniyle hastaya yapılan kontrastlı batın bilgisayarlı tomografi görüntülemesin-de segmental renal infarkt teşhis edildi. İkinci olgu 8 metre yüksekten düşme nedeniyle takip edilen 6 yaşında kızdı. Çoklu travma açısından değerlendirilirken hastanın batın bilgisayarlı tomografisinde travma-tik renal infarkt tespit edildi. Her iki hasta da konservatif olarak takip edildi ve böbrek fonksiyonları açısından komplikasyon gelişmemesi üzerine taburcu edildi. Renal infarkt tanısı genellikle klinik şüpheye dayanır. Acil servis hekimleri karın, bel ve yan ağrısı şikayeti olan has-taların klinik yönetimi sırasında renal infarkt tanısını da aklında bulun-durmalıdır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Renal infarkt, travma, karın ağrısı, yan ağrısı Başvuru Tarihi: 31.05.2011
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