Frontiers in Pediatrics (Aug 2021)

Case Report: Acute Renal Infarction in a Child With Coarctation of Aorta

  • Qing-Yun Zhang,
  • Min-Hua Tseng,
  • Min-Hua Tseng,
  • Jhao-Jhuang Ding,
  • Jing-Long Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.707560
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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Renal arterial infarction can present with hematuria, proteinuria, and hypertension, features often linked to glomerular disease. An aortic aneurysm is an extraordinarily rare complication of coarctation of the aorta. Acute renal infarction caused by emboli from the aortic aneurysm is a possible complication that has not been reported. We herein report a 10-year-old boy who presented with hematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, and skin rashes on both lower extremities mimicking acute glomerulonephritis but actually resulting from acute renal infarction caused by a coarcted aneurysm-associated thrombus. He was successfully treated with surgical excision of the coarcted aorta and aneurysm followed by subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin without recurrence.

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