Causes of Renal Infarction - Differential Diagnosis Thrombosis: Spontaneous • Atherosclerotic disease of aorta and renal artery • Fibromuscular dysplasia of renal artery • Aneurysms of aorta or renal artery • Dissection of aorta or renal artery: Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome • Vasculitis involving renal artery: Polyarteritis nodosa, Takayasu's arteritis, Kawasaki disease, Thromboangiitis obliterans, Other necrotizing vasculitides • Inflammatory disease of the aorta or renal artery: Syphilis, Tuberculosis, Mycoses • Hypercoagulable states: Nephrotic syndrome, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Antithrombin III deficiency, Homocystinuria • Thrombotic microangiopathies: Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignant hypertension, Scleroderma, Sickle cell nephropathy, Polycythemia vera, Postpartum hemolytic-uremic syndrome, Hyperacute vascular allograft rejection Thrombosis: induced • Traumatic • Following endovascular intervention • Post renal transplantation Embolism • Cardiac source: Atrial fibrillation or other arrhythmias, Native and prosthetic valvular heart disease, Infective endocarditis, Marantic endocarditis • Myocardial infarction with mural thrombi: Left atrial myxoma or other tumor Noncardiac sources: Atheromatous embolic disease, Paradoxical emboli, Fat emboli, Tumor emboli • Therapeutic renal embolization • Segmental renal infarction of childhood • Cisplatinum and gemcitabine • Sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait #Renal #Infarction #Causes #Differential #Diagnosis
