Scand J Urol Nephrol
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Scand J Urol Nephrol · Jan 2008
Review Case ReportsRenal artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to blunt trauma nine years earlier: case report and review of the literature.
This report describes a 59-year-old male with a renal artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to blunt trauma from a snowmobile accident. The patient presented with haematuria and flank pain, 9 years after the injury. ⋯ The diagnosis was delayed because the doctors were unaware of the initial trauma. In cases of haematuria, flank pain and computed tomography showing a tumour in the renal hilum, the patient should be questioned about previous abdominal trauma, as pseudoaneurysms can rupture many years after the causative injury.