Renal vein thrombosis presenting as renal mass

Urology. 1989 Sep;34(3):164-7. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(89)90256-2.

Abstract

The excretory urogram of patients with acute renal vein thrombosis typically demonstrates symmetric enlargement of the involved kidney. We report a case of renal vein thrombosis that presented as a discrete renal mass on excretory urography and abdominal computerized tomography. The entity of renal vein thrombosis is briefly reviewed along with the computerized tomography findings seen in this setting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Heparin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Veins*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Warfarin
  • Heparin