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CASE REPORT

Renal artery pseudoaneurysm presenting 3 years after deceleration injury

Steven Weissbart, Justin Han, Ojas Shah

Department of Urology, Bellevue Hospital, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Ojas Shah, Chief of Urology, Bellevue Hospital, NYU School of Medicine, 150 E. 32^nd Street, 2^nd Floor, New York, NY 10016 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2009, 16(3), 4687-4689.

Abstract

Renal artery pseudoaneurysms (RAPs) are vascular lesions that have most commonly been reported secondary to penetrating renal trauma and iatrogenic injury. We present the fi rst case of a RAP that developed as a result of an isolated deceleration injury. The patient presented 3 years after his injury with symptoms of gross hematuria, right fl ank pain, and syncope. Diagnosis of his RAP was made by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and angiography. He was successfully treated with angioembolization.

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