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
    • ,
  • 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.

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

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