EJMO. 2017; 1(1): 41-43 | DOI: 10.14744/ejmo.2017.29392

A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury: Renal Arterial Thrombosis in a Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient

Osman Kostek¹, Muhammet Bekir Hacioglu¹, Seval Orman², Ceren Cetin², Nil Su Kodal², Bulent Erdogan¹, Sernaz Uzunoglu¹, Irfan Cicin^1
1Deparment of Medical Oncology, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey, ²Deparment of Internal Medicine, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey,

Renal artery thromboembolism is a rare cause of acute kidney injury. Hypercoagulable state is an important reason renal arterial thrombosis may occur. Cancer cells activate coagulation systems via various pathways, leading to the development of a prothrombogenic state. Presently described is the very rare condition of renal artery thromboembolism in a patient with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

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Kostek O, Hacioglu M, Orman S, Cetin C, Kodal N, Erdogan B, et al. A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury: Renal Arterial Thrombosis in a Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient. EJMO. 2017; 1(1): 41-43

Corresponding Author: Osman Kostek

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