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Acute renal vein thrombus and renal atrophy following shock wave lithotripsy: a unique complication
Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Matthew C. Ferroni,
Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, 3471 Fifth Ave, Ste 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Canadian Journal of Urology 2014, 21(1), 7151-7153.
Abstract
Serious complications of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) are rare, but can have significant long term effects. We present a case of acute renal vein thrombus following SWL leading to subsequent renal atrophy and loss of renal function. To our knowledge this is a newly reported complication of SWL.Keywords
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Copyright © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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