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- Title
Giant Renal Artery Aneurysms: Decision-Making Dilemmas.
- Authors
Ramdass, Michael J.
- Abstract
Acase of a 10 cm giant renal artery aneurysm in an 81-year-old lady is herein reported.Thepatient presented as an incidental finding on an abdominal ultrasound with an aneurysm which was large, soft, egg-shell-like, and bilobular with a cauliflower-type pattern invading the parenchyma of the renal substance and extending caudally. A right nephrectomy was carried out, and the patientmade an uneventful recovery.This paper reviews the options for treatment of giant renal artery aneurysms and highlights the benefit of a planned nephrectomy once there is adequate renal reserve in the opposite kidney using a midline approach for right-sided giant renal artery aneurysms and a left-sided flank approach for left-sided aneurysms.
- Subjects
RENAL artery aneurysms; DISEASES in older people; ABDOMEN; NEPHRECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging; MEDICAL decision making; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, 2013, p1
- ISSN
2090-6986
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2013/390928