Fistula between abdominal aortic aneurysm and left renal vein.
A 77-year-old man with spontaneous rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm into the left renal vein, in the presence of an anomalous retroaortic left renal vein is described. The patient was operated and recovered without complications. In the previous literature seven similar cases were found.
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed