A Ruptured Dissecting Aneurysm of the Renal Artery into the Perinephric Region: A Case Report
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Feb 20, 2015
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ruptured dissecting aneurysm of renal artery, cystic medial degeneration of arterial wall,cystic medial necrosis
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A case report of a ruptured dissecting aneurysm of the renal artery into the perinephric region. The patient presented at hospital with symptoms of severe acute colicky right flank pain with rapid deterioration. CT image demonstrates definite diagnosis and she recovers well after nephrectomy. The histology of the renal artery shows a dissecting renal arterial aneurysm due to cystic medial degeneration of the arterial wall.
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Towinus L, Boonpucknavig V, Suchato C, Bhumsap J, Sahatsariyano S, Srikhajonjit S. A Ruptured Dissecting Aneurysm of the Renal Artery into the Perinephric Region: A Case Report. BKK Med J [Internet]. 2015 Feb. 20 [cited 2024 Dec. 23];9(1):40. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bkkmedj/article/view/221063
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2. De Wilde V, Devue K, Vandenbroucke F, et al. Rupture of renal artery aneurysm into the renal pelvis, clinically mimicking renal colic: diagnosis with multi-detector CT. Br J Radiol 2007;80:e262-4.
3. Palubinskas AJ, Perloff D, Newton TH. Fibromuscular hyperplasia, an arterial dysplasia of increasing clinical importance. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 1966;98:907-13.
4. Lumsden AB, Salam TA, Walton KG. Renal artery aneurysm: a report of 28 cases. Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 4:185-9.