Acute hemorrhage from a pyelocaliceal diverticulum of a native kidney in a renal transplant patient.
A 28-year-old renal transplant patient developed a shock due to an acute bleeding from his right native kidney. An urgent nephrectomy was performed. Macroscopic and histological examination revealed a pyelocaliceal diverticulum as the cause of the hemorrhage. This rare event must be taken into account in every case of an unexplained acute renal bleeding.
Lornoy
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Renal Unit, O. L. Vrouwziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium.
Gheeraert
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P
Praet
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Vanrenterghem
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Y
D000328:Adult; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology