ARTERIAL INFARCTION OF THE KIDNEY
Authors: J G TEPLICK, M W YARROW
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 May 1955ARTERIAL INFARCTION OF THE KIDNEYJ. GEORGE TEPLICK, M.D., M. WILLIAM YARROW, M.D.J. GEORGE TEPLICK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, M. WILLIAM YARROW, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-5-1041 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptArterial occlusion of the kidney with infarction is not uncommon but its clinical recognition is extremely rare. Hoxie and Coggin1 found a 1.4% incidence of renal infarction in over 14,000 autopsies. Of the 205 cases, in two only was this diagnosis suspected clinically. From our own limited experience and reports in the literature, renal infarction can be considered a clinical entity, with confirmatory roentgen findings.The occlusion of the renal artery or its branches is usually due to emboli secondary to cardiac disease. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication September 29, 1954.From the Department of Radiology, Kensington Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Northern Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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