A case of renal artery pseudoaneurysm (RAP) after partial nephrectomy for an 11-cm renal tumor is reviewed.
Symptoms, computed tomography (CT) scan images and angiography are all displayed. A 57-year-old woman was readmitted 4 months after she underwent a retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for an 11-cm right renal tumor. Contrast CT revealed a 10.3-cm mass recurrence in the same position as her former tumor. Renal arteriography confirmed active bleeding from the anterior upper pole segmental branch into a 3 × 3 × 7-cm pseudoaneurysm. Percutaneous selective coil angioembolization was successfully performed. The remaining kidney parenchyma was fully preserved.
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Yang Y, Zhang Q, Jin J. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital and Institute of Urology, Beijing, China.
Reference: Urology. 2012 Aug;80(2):e15-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.04.059
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22857775
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