title: Acute renal artery aneurysm rupture - a rare differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
abstract: A 50-year-old patient with symptoms of an acute appendicitis turns out to be suffering of a life threatening rupture of a renal artery aneurysm. We performed an emergency operation with the resection of this aneurysm. An imminent hemorrhagic shock made a targeted intensive medical therapy necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Agatharied Academic Teaching Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Hausham, Germany. vonahnen2002@yahoo.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: von Ahnen
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: von Ahnen
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landinger
authors.forename: Stefan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Schopf
authors.forename: Hans Martin
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Schardey
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barone
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler