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- Title
Multidisciplinary management of complicated bilateral renal artery aneurysm in a woman of childbearing age.
- Abstract
Ruptured renal artery aneurysm (RAA) during pregnancy is a rare condition associated with high mortality rates to both the mother and the foetus. We report on a 41-year-old woman at her second trimester who presented with shock to the emergency department as a result of a ruptured left RAA. While the bleeding was successfully treated with angiographic embolization, a contralateral RAA, also at risk of rupture, was discovered. Due to its position on the artery bifurcation, this lesion was considered not suitable for interventional radiology and was therefore managed by hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy, ex-vivo repair and autotransplantation. This was done in order to preserve renal mass and give our patient a chance of having future pregnancies without risk of rupture. Three years later, her renal function is normal, there is no evidence of recurrence, and more importantly she had two successful and uncomplicated pregnancies.
- Subjects
RENAL artery aneurysms; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILDBEARING age; TREATMENT of pregnancy complications; PATIENTS
- Publication
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2018, Vol 2018, Issue 7, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2042-8812
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/jscr/rjy147