Ruptured lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm: an unusual cause of retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
A patient with a functioning renal transplant presented for treatment 8 years after operation with acute retroperitoneal hemorrhage ipsilateral to the allograft. A ruptured false aneurysm of the lumbar artery was identified and was treated initially with balloon catheter occlusion, then operative ligation, with satisfactory result.
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000098:blood supply*; D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous