Medical & Surgical Urology
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Sliwinski A
Urology Unit, Room 8244, Level 8, Harold-Stokes Building, Austin Hospital, 145 Studley Road, Heidelberg, Victoria 3141
Australia
Case Report
Renal Artery Aneurysm Causing Symptomatic Hydronephrosis
Author(s): Sliwinski A, Koonjbeharry B, Wetherell D, Weerakoon M, Ow D, Manya K, Lawrentschuk N and Brennan JSliwinski A, Koonjbeharry B, Wetherell D, Weerakoon M, Ow D, Manya K, Lawrentschuk N and Brennan J
Renal artery aneurysms occur in only up to 0.3% of the population [1]. They are usually an incidental finding but have been known to cause hypertension, pain, haematuria and hydronephrosis [1-3]. Dedicated CT angiography is needed to diagnose a renal artery aneurysm hence they are not always obvious on conventional CT. There have been numerous reports of renal artery aneurysms that were originally thought to be cysts [1,4,5]. This is a case report of a patient who presented with loin pain and hydronephrosis originally thought to have a classic Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction (PUJO) but was later
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DOI:
10.4172/2168-9857.1000121