title: An unusual case of anuria: spontaneous perirenal hematoma in a solitary kidney.
abstract: A 71-year-old woman with a solitary kidney who developed acute renal failure with anuria secondary to a spontaneous perirenal hematoma is described. Serum creatinine peaked at 335.9 micromol/L and BUN at 26.4 mmol/L, but neither surgery nor dialysis treatment was performed because renal function gradually improved. In this syndrome, first described by Wunderlich in 1856, anuria was not previously reported. Conservative management must always be considered rather than emergency surgery, which usually results in nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Fatebenefratelli and Oftalmico Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beccari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romagnoni
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tagliaferri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sorgato
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D001002:Anuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography