Low ED incidence, approximately 1 per 90 to 100, 000 visits a year
Diagnosis frequently missed due to mimicking symptoms similar to other more frequent complaints such as pyelonephritis and nephrolithiasis
Caused by interruption of blood supply to kidney
Cardioembolic disease
Renal artery injury
Hypercoagulable state
Dissection
Vasculitis
Renal infarction
Vascular
Renal abscess
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Pyelonephritis
Renal artery embolism
Renal trauma
Renal vein thrombosis