Abstract

Acute renal infarction in pediatric patients is a rare oc­cur­rence, usually associated with cardiac anomalies, hyper­coagulable state, diseases with local thrombotic potential, systemic infections, or autoimmune diseases. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical scientific community established diagnostic criteria for PIMS-TS (Pediatric In­flam­matory Multisystem Syndrome – temporally as­so­cia­ted with SARS-CoV-2), also known as multisystem inflamma­to­ry syndrome in children (MIS-C), a condition found in chil­­dren exposed to the new type of coronavirus. Three cli­­ni­­cal phenotypes have been established: toxic shock syn­­drome, Kawasaki-like disease, and undefined in­flam­ma­tory presentation. Cardiovascular manifestations were con­si­dered prominent in all clinical scenarios, while renal and neurologic involvement played a secondary role. There is, however, mounting evidence suggesting that MIS-C is in fact a miscellaneous pathology and that a focus change is war­ranted.

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