Cocaine, Loin Pain, and Renal Vein Thrombosis

Ziad Zoghby, Inderpreet S. Sekhon, Dylan V. Miller, Sanjeev Sethi

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Abstract

We report an unusual renal complication of cocaine abuse in a young man who developed loin pain, renal vein thrombosis, and acute renal failure. Cocaine abuse should be considered in the differential diagnosis of renal vein thrombosis in young adults.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)859-861
Number of pages3
JournalAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume49
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2007

Keywords

  • Kidney
  • acute renal failure
  • cocaine
  • venous thrombosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nephrology

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