Renal infarction secondary to polycythaemia vera treated by percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty.

The article describes the case of an 84-year-old man with severe acute kidney injury who had been diagnosed with cerebral infarction two months before. Genetic analysis showed that he suffered from polycythaemia vera, a type of myeloproliferative neoplasm. The serum creatinine level decreased from the following day of the angioplasty and became stable. Major risk factors for renal infarction are mentioned.