Giant aneurysm of renal artery: surgical management.
Giant aneurysm of the renal artery is rare even though renal artery aneurysms are diagnosed more often since the introduction of abdominal ultrasonography and selective renal arteriography. A 52-year-old man with an aneurysm of the left renal artery measuring 16 x 13 x 10 cm presented with features of an expanding aneurysm. He underwent resection of the aneurysm and a left nephrectomy.
Sajja
Lokeswara Rao
LR
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Sitaram Reddy
Benjaram
B
Sahariah
Sarbeswar
S
Vijay Kumar
Devaraj
D
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*