title: Delayed life-threatening haematuria from a renal pseudoaneurysm caused by blunt renal trauma treated with selective embolization.
abstract: Pseudo-aneurysms complicating blunt renal traumas, although very rare, represent significant causes of secondary haematuria, potentially life-threatening. Initial surgical repair of the injured kidney does not preclude the presence of an obscure pseudo-aneurysm that could become evident later on. We herein present a patient with a grade III blunt renal trauma initially treated surgically. Thirty days after the trauma, he developed secondary haematuria caused by a renal pseudo-aneurysm located far from the oversewed area. This vascular lesion was successfully treated using selective arterial embolization.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Urology, University of Athens Medical School, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece. tmanous@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Aris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giannopoulos
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Manousakas
authors.forename: Efthymia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alexopoulou
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brountzos
authors.forename: Stefanos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papadoukakis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kelekis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery; D013997:Time Factors; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*