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Cocaine, loin pain, and renal vein thrombosis.

Zoghby Z, Sekhon IS, Miller DV, Sethi S

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

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.

Published 29 May 2007 in Am J Kidney Dis, 49(6): 859-61.
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