American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 859-861, June 2007

Cocaine, Loin Pain, and Renal Vein Thrombosis

  • Ziad Zoghby, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Inderpreet S. Sekhon, MD

      Affiliations

    • United Hospital System, Kenosha, WI.
    • ,
  • Dylan V. Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • ,
  • Sanjeev Sethi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Sanjeev Sethi, MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

Received 18 December 2006; accepted 22 February 2007. published online 26 April 2007.

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.

Index Words: Kidney, cocaine, venous thrombosis, acute renal failure

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.02.269 on April 25, 2007.Support: None. Potential conflicts of interest: None.

PII: S0272-6386(07)00518-5

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.02.269

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 859-861, June 2007

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