Urologie pro praxi 1/2022

Renal artery pseudoaneurysm after open renal enucleation

This case study presents 73-year-old patient with renal carcinoma. An open renal enucleation was performed, followed by histological examination of the tumor, which determined that this was a case of light-cellular renal carcinoma. Two weeks later, patient presented with heavy hematuria. Following examinations showed renal artery pseudoaneurysm in the place of the extracted tumor. An embolisation was successfully performed to cure the pseudoaneurysm. The patient remains stable, with no post operation complications.

Keywords: renal artery pseudoaneurysm, renal tumor enucleation, hematuria, selectiv embolisation.