Symptomatic hilar renal artery aneurysm mimicking renal colic – a word of caution

An adequate and timely diagnosis is crucial in the treatment of renal artery aneurysms during pregnancy since the risk of rupture and its catastrophic consequences are high. Clinical symptoms, laboratory results, and B-mode abdominal ultrasonography may mimic renal colic. In this report, a case of a...

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Autor principal: Lukasiewicz, Aleksander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Polish Urological Association 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386657
http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2018.1554
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description An adequate and timely diagnosis is crucial in the treatment of renal artery aneurysms during pregnancy since the risk of rupture and its catastrophic consequences are high. Clinical symptoms, laboratory results, and B-mode abdominal ultrasonography may mimic renal colic. In this report, a case of a pregnant 26-year-old woman with a large, symptomatic renal aneurysm is presented. The diagnostic pathway and the treatment are described. Potential pitfalls in the diagnosis are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-62026142018-10-31 Symptomatic hilar renal artery aneurysm mimicking renal colic – a word of caution Lukasiewicz, Aleksander Cent European J Urol Case Report An adequate and timely diagnosis is crucial in the treatment of renal artery aneurysms during pregnancy since the risk of rupture and its catastrophic consequences are high. Clinical symptoms, laboratory results, and B-mode abdominal ultrasonography may mimic renal colic. In this report, a case of a pregnant 26-year-old woman with a large, symptomatic renal aneurysm is presented. The diagnostic pathway and the treatment are described. Potential pitfalls in the diagnosis are discussed. Polish Urological Association 2018-06-25 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6202614/ /pubmed/30386657 http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2018.1554 Text en Copyright by Polish Urological Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
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title_full Symptomatic hilar renal artery aneurysm mimicking renal colic – a word of caution
title_fullStr Symptomatic hilar renal artery aneurysm mimicking renal colic – a word of caution
title_full_unstemmed Symptomatic hilar renal artery aneurysm mimicking renal colic – a word of caution
title_short Symptomatic hilar renal artery aneurysm mimicking renal colic – a word of caution
title_sort symptomatic hilar renal artery aneurysm mimicking renal colic – a word of caution
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386657
http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2018.1554
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