Repair of an autotransplant renal artery aneurysm: case report and literature review.
We report the successful repair of a renal artery aneurysm involving the autotransplanted kidney of a 25-year-old hypertensive woman. The risk factors for renal artery aneurysm rupture, and the relationships between hypertension and renal artery aneurysms are presented.
Fleshner
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Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Johnston
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D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic