title: Ruptured renal artery aneurysm during pregnancy, a clinical dilemma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rupture of a renal artery aneurysm (RAA) during pregnancy is a rare event, with a high mortality rate for both mother and fetus. Increased blood flow and intra-abdominal pressure, and vascular changes secondary to increased steroid production are postulated as contributory to the increased risk of rupture during pregnancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present here a case report of total avulsion of solitary kidney secondary to rupture of RAA in a pregnant patient with congenital absence of the contralateral kidney. The main indication for nephrectomy was severely damaged kidney. Diagnosis was made during operation and both mother and fetus were saved. There are no previous reports of an intact renal artery aneurysm diagnosed either antepartum or postpartum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The possibility of a ruptured RAA should be considered in pregnant women with evidence of retroperitoneal hemorrhage. This case was unusual because it occurred in a solitary kidney, during the third trimester of pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics Gynecology Department, Maternity and Children Hospital, Buraidah, Qassim, Saudi Arabia. khaled_b_s@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Khaled B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.forename: Yaser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shawky
authors.forename: Mohamed M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ammary
authors.forename: Allaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaaban
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous