Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 29-32, January 2000

Symptomatic Solitary Right Renal Vein Aneurysm:

A Case Report

  • J.Fernando Val-Bernal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Anatomical Pathology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: J. Fernando Val-Bernal, M.D., Ph.D., Departamento de Anatomı́a Patológica, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Avda. Valdecilla, 1, 39008 Santander, Spain. Tel: +34-942-202599; Fax: +34-942-201903
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  • Nuria Fernández, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Anatomical Pathology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
    • ,
  • Gerardo López-Rasines, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Medical Faculty, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Received 19 August 1999; accepted 19 October 1999.

Abstract 

Renal vein aneurysms are very uncommon. Those located in the right side are exceptional. A symptomatic, solitary, voluminous aneurysm of the right renal vein in a 33-year-old man is reported. The lesion was diagnosed preoperatively as a renal tumor. The pathologic study of the nephrectomy specimen disclosed a thrombosed saccular aneurism measuring 5.5 cm with marked medial atrophy of its wall. Recognition that a mass like this reported is of vascular origin is very important to avoid percutaneous biopsy which could be potentially hazardous; and for undertaking conservative prophylactic surgery. Renal venography is indicated for the diagnosis of these lesions.

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PII: S1054-8807(99)00033-2

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 29-32, January 2000

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