Renal artery pseudoaneurysm after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in a solitary kidney.
Renal artery pseudoaneurysms are a well-documented complication following trauma or percutaneous urological procedures, but are rare after partial nephrectomy. We present the case of a 34-year-old woman who, after undergoing a left nephrectomy in childhood due to Wilms' tumor, had a pseudoaneurysm in a solitary kidney after laparoscopic right partial nephrectomy with extraperitoneal approach for a renal cell carcinoma. The segmental renal artery feeding the pseudoaneurysm was embolized with coils without significant loss of residual renal function.
Negoro
Hiromitsu
H
Department of Urology, Kobe City General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan. negomail@kcgh.gr.jp
Kawakita
Mutsushi
M
Koda
Yoichi
Y
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012077:Renal Artery; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000601:surgery