Giant renal aneurysm with arteriovenous fistula.
A hypertensive 78-year-old woman was admitted with continuous abdominal pain and nausea and was diagnosed with right giant renal artery aneurysm (RAA; 70 mm in diameter) by means of abdominal computed tomography. Aortography demonstrated huge RAA with arteriovenous fistula visualizing the inferior vena cava at arterial phase. Nephrectomy was performed and the patient has had an uneventful postoperative course.
Kato
Takayoshi
T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka Medical Center, 762-1 Nagasawa, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka 411-8611, Japan. takkato.nine-lives@s5.dion.ne.ip
Takagi
Hisato
H
Ogaki
Kenji
K
Oba
Shuji
S
Umemoto
Takuya
T
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*